Luis María Ansón, a man who often poses with his chin in his hand (Google Image Search it—it’s true!), accused Venezuelan dictator cum movie mogul Hugo Chavez of being gay in Spain’s El Mundo last week in an op-ed piece called “Chavez and homosexuality”. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course, or so Ansón would have us believe. Blogger Blabbeando translates:

Today, in nations governed by pluralist democracies, the average citizen accepts the homosexual reality without [engaging in] discrimination, ridicule or humiliation. To call a man a homosexual or a woman a lesbian is no longer an insult but instead, on the contrary, in many cases it strengthens the gay pride.

How true. Just the other day we called this guy who cut us off in traffic a faggot.

I say all this so that there is no doubt left that I am not trying to offend to anyone when I echo what many serious homosexuals affirm through internet [sic] regarding the Venezuelan military leader (caudillo). They affirm that he is gay even if he has not stepped out of the closet..

We sure hope he’s not basing this on the gossip boards at AfterElton.com. Either way, El Blabbeador disagrees with his theory:

OK, I know my gaydar is bad most times but I am pretty certain that Chávez is straight. [Ed. Note: Seriously, those polyester guayaberas?] When Chávez found himself in power, some of the right-wing elite that was previously in power spread all sorts of unfounded rumors in attempts to topple him and so did anti-Chávez press outlets. Among the rumors were attacks “on his manhood”: How he was surrounded by a cadre of gay advisers and military leaders and how even Chávez might also be gay.

Unfortunately, we know from personal experience that tack doesn’t succeed in ousting anyone. But perhaps blasting non-stop Weather Girls outside Chavez’s residence couldn’t hurt?

Venezuela: Is President Hugo Chavez - gulp! - gay? [Blabbeando]