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Venezuelan first names

flourish in Venezuela first names like Superman, Nixon and Hitler - is now to be the end.
By Peter Burghardt

As Superman cast his vote, Venezuela's opposition was skeptical. The opponents of President Hugo Chavez felt ridiculed, while the odd voters was apparently a normal person. "There are a citizen The Superman is, and he is Venezuelan reported, "the chairman of the electoral authority, after Chavez had been confirmed in December 2006 in the office.

are allegedly among the 28 million inhabitants of the South American country reported even two Superman, Superman Gonzalez and Superman Fernandez. The census found, according to findings of the New York Times also 60 Hitler, including a Hitler Adonys Rodriguez Crespo, eight Hochiminh, Hochiminh, for example, Jesus Delgado Sierra, and six as Eisenhower Dwight Eisenhower Rojas Barboza. purpose, a Nixon, Maolenin, Kennedy, John Wayne . But that is to be put.

The Venezuelan government plans such ideas from the realm of world history Hollywood or prohibit future. Names are forbidden "to make the ridiculous, extravagant or difficult to pronounce in the language are," says a draft law under Article 106 The veto also applies to those variations, the doubts about the sex allowed as the combination Leomar, Leonardo y Mary. The authorities want to put together a list of 100 possibilities, it should parents choose after the birth of their children. However, the

hold some elected officials for a gross limitation. "Why not 120 names," asks the deputy Jhonny oweees Milano Rodriguez from the region Cojodes. "I want to know where they herhaben the 100 names. For me the law is arbitrary. My name is also unusual. "In Parliament also sit a Earle Jose Herrera Silva and Iroshima Jennifer Bravo Quevedo.

collides The disciplinary action of the officials with the Latin American and especially Caribbean imagination and enthusiasm. In Venezuela were the other creations as Olmelibey, Kerbert Krishna wish or Hengelberth. There is also a Apolo tres, apparently an homage to the space shuttle Apollo 3, and a Temutchin del Espiritu Santo Rojas Fernandez.

In the other countries of the region Papa and Mama also had the strangest ideas, an Andalusian linguist was a few years particularly impressed by the variety the Dominican Republic. After the Second World War there were, depending on the direction of political combinations, such as Mussolini Lopez, Winston Ramirez, Camilo Roosevelt, and Stalin Perez Garcia Garibaldi. Movies and sports programs from the U.S. inspired to Gary Cooper Gonzalez, Disneya, Scarlet Infante Ramirez or Michael Jordan. The linguist also discovered a Expreso Valdes, a and a Vazquez Etcetera Albania Urss Diaz. Colombia surprising since Lady Di with Leidys. Ecuadorian Vice President Lenin is Moreno.

At the very silent on the legacy of the Catholic Church and Inmaculada Concepcion (Immaculate Conception). One could present a list with only 100 names, if only for each the 365 days give a saint, is one critic points out. And none has been Venezuelan President Chavez always new ideas? The nation he rename the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and the Avenida de Paez called in honor of the allies Iran now Avenida de Teheran.

(SZ from 11.9.2007)