I guess Hugo Chavez isn't quite as beloved as he fancies himself to be.
Sunday he gets embarrassed by losing the referendum and now his military aircraft is chased away by people throwing stones.
How humiliating.
Bolivians attack Venezuelan army plane with stones
In a violent show of anti-Venezuela sentiment, a crowd of about 200 Bolivians hurled stones at a Venezuelan military plane and prevented it from refueling after it landed on Thursday, local radio reported.Linked at Instapundit. Thanks!
After hearing the incoming plane, the mob seized control of the airport in the Amazonian city of Riberalta and attacked the aircraft. Regional leaders had said they suspected it was carrying arms and not humanitarian supplies, according to the radio reports.
"We won't put up with these Venezuelans who come to the country and do whatever they want. We won't let any Venezuelan planes come here," Mario Aguilera, a Riberalta opposition leader told Erbol radio as the demonstrators chanted "Independence, Independence".
The incident forced the plane to take off without being able to refuel and the provincial airport director told Erbol it eventually landed across the border in Brazil.
Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales has formed close ties with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez since taking office last year, and his rightist opponents repeatedly criticize increased humanitarian and military cooperation.
UPDATE: Gateway Pundit links and has photos. Thanks for the link!
Meanwhile, Chavez claims he'll step down when his term expires. Once should hope he expires first. H/T Pat Dollard.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will step down from office when his current term expires in 2013, following the defeat of his reform proposals.
Making his first public statement that he would step down as planned, Chavez said: "The reforms did not get passed, so I will have to leave power in 2013. I will work around the clock; until the very last day I have left here, I will work relentlessly."
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