Tensions between Columbia and Venezuela are near the boiling point. To ease that, a Columbian designer has come up with Hugo Chavez Voodoo Doll. It is really more of a pincushion.

 

One description calls it a “fake” voodoo doll. That begs the question: Is it possible to have a “real” voodoo doll. It is possible–if you believe in voodoo.

 

Consider the possibilities for American politicians–a George Bush doll with a permanently zippered mouth or a Bill Clinton doll with permanently zippered pants. Then again, maybe it would just be more fun to put pins in them.

 

Back to the Chavez doll, Nicolas Mendoza, the designer, had this to say, “People ask if this is not an aggressive thing, but I think it is really the opposite. It’s better for people to stab a pin into a cloth doll than do some real violence.” It can be yours too for just $6.