The goddess and the president: "In his incense-filled office three blocks from the parliament building, Priest Rafael Albis dons a shiny white robe, scents his hands with magical perfume, and, with a paroxysm of shuddering, is miraculously transformed into the goddess herself.
'What message does her fall hold for the nation?' asks a reporter present at the event.
'If the people want violence, there will be violence; if they want peace, there will be peace,' replies a feminine voice from Albis' huge torso. 'I want peace for the world.'
Whatever the message, nobody interprets the goddess's crisis as positive for Venezuela.
