Hugo Chavez's Latest Target in Venezuela: Breast Implants

[naaman fletcher]

n an address on state-run television over the weekend, Chavez criticized doctors who he said “convince some women that if they don't have some big bosoms they should feel bad.” Chavez said some poor women seek costly breast lifts while at the same time struggling to make ends meet, which he called a “monstrous thing.”


Chavez's critique takes aim at a booming industry in his country. According to estimates by the Venezuelan Society of Plastic Surgeons, between 30,000 and 40,000 women in the country undergo breast augmentation each year, which makes the South American nation one of the world's leading markets for the procedure.

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The state-run newspaper, Correo, sided with Chavez, reporting that plastic surgery is as common as dentist appointments and wealthy parents have been known to buy their 15-year-old daughters breast implants for "coming of age" presents.

While the opposition newspaper, El Nacional, had a different take. Comparing Chavez to Libya's Col. Muammar Gaddafi, the paper said, “Now comes this antiquated, militaristic, coarse, repressive attitude on the freedom of women to do what they want with their bodies."




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[joshcryer]

1. Eh, I agree with Chavez. As long as he doesn't decree them banned then he can say all he wants.

Natural is better.

But I'd be completely against an all out ban, I don't care how "exploitive" the industry is.

[slackmaster]

2. I didn't think it was possible for me to despise the man more than I did yesterday

I was wrong.

[RZM]

3. Looks like his position is going to be . . .

A BUST!