CARACAS [12/8/22]: "Every year, Venezuela’s socialist government hands out thousands of Christmas presents to the nation’s poorest children, including bicycles, Barbie dolls and plastic trucks imported from China. This holiday season, officials added a new item to their list: an action figure with red tights, a blue cape and a big mustache that fights the U.S. “empire” and is modeled after President Nicolas Maduro. The character goes by the name of “Super Bigote” due to its thick black mustache. For about a year, it’s had an animated series on Venezuelan state television, where it fights a Donald Trump-like villain that tries to sow chaos from his base in a faraway mansion that resembles the White House.

Belkis Bolivar, a leader at the nation’s largest teachers union, described the toys as a dangerous waste of money. “These toys are loaded with ideology and they are trying to impose a cult of personality,” she said. “Kids who play with these toys may begin to idolize Maduro, like they idolize Superman or Spider-Man.”

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