Venezuela: The ghost of fundays past

What do you do when your economy is in free fall and three digit inflation is just a day or two away? Well, if you are an autocrat clinging to the populist power of your deified deceased predecessor then, apart from violently suppressing any dissent and blaming domestic and foreign conspiracies for your country's woes, you obviously roll out a type font based on the aforementioned leader's handwriting and a ballet based on his life. For added panache you may also claim you saw the leader in the shape of a bird which tweeted to you melodic words of encouragement.