Colombus bites the dust in Venezuela...again

Incredible! I cannot believe I forgot to post on this one.

Last week, in a discussion on post colonialism, this very interesting article from some goings on in Venezuela came to light. While Chavez has been in the limelight lately for a number of things, I have to give him some props for some of the moves.
Certainly I feel the pain of the education fraternity who now have to review texts BUT I suspect in years to come, history will be filled with some very interesting stories and if done well in a manner to preserve the heritage of the locale then it should make for a very good read!

Some immediate thoughts that come to mind as we were debating over the article and the image in it were;
a) Is the 'lower-half' of the world starting to fight back?
b) What will be the position of chaps like Colombus x years from now if this trend of 'getting erased' prevails? Will they disappear into historical oblivion and be replaced by 'modern time heroes' who will have 'erased' them?

Hmmm...I muse on..