I can only imagine how the late Ricardo Montalban (read: Khan) would advertise the new “El Vergatario;” the world’s cheapest mobile handset. Hugo Chavez’s new may very well be the response against the monopoly of the evil imperialists to control the people’s inalienable right to mass communication. It’s not made with soft Corinthian leather (like the 1975 Chrysler Cordoba), and it does not contain stones quarried from the cave (not stable, cave) that was the birthplace of Jesus Christ, but think about it: it’s a $14 phone (about Php 700).
You may not think much of cellphones that cost $14, but this antithesis to the imperialist-capitalist monopoly is a Venezuelan slider phone that has an MP3 player, a digital camera, and a radio.