Chávez in front of children: "a rich's gov't is the worst"

"A rich's government is very bad, terrible. If the rich rule, they forget about the poor, they forget about the people, and everything they do, they do it to increase their fortunes," President Hugo Chávez remarked on Monday, making it clear that he was talking to "the adults." However, he was in the presence of 30 children in the opening of the "Claudio Feliciano" Bolivarian school, located in Las Adjuntas (northwest Caracas, Venezuela's capital city), within the framework of the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.

"A rich's government is the worst that could ever happen to a country. (...) Our government is popular, socialist, and revolutionary because we really care about people," Chávez asserted.

In the event, in a mandatory radio and television broadcast, Chávez reported that "in the last 10 years, nearly 500 schools a year have been opened," adding that "4,862 new educational institutions" have been built. He stressed that before his administration, schools were in a deplorable state.

President Chávez also inaugurated via satellite the Bolivarian National School Laguna de Sinamaica, located in Zulia state (northwest Venezuela). He vowed to build 450 new secondary schools, 250 primary education schools, and 2,800 "Simoncitos" (elementary education community centers) "in the next five years."