Venezuela�s Leftist Regime has taken up the cause of an indigenous tribe which claims that a German artist
stole their sacred rock. The artist in question is devastated because he believes the rock was legally exported with the full consent of the tribe. One suspects that Hugo Chavez�s regime is stirring up the controversy for its own political ends. If the rock is repatriated, it will not only spoil the unity of artist�s vision but divest him of the value of his own efforts to prep the rock for its installation with other rocks from other lands. The rock in question has been on display since 1999 in a Berlin park.