"It makes me so sad, he did somanygoodthings and he meant so much to us, " said Xiomara de Avilan, a grocery-store clerk, who expressed concern over Venezuela's stability.
So far, they have been good at avoiding doing too many stupid things and even better at limiting the damage from the occasional blunders they do commit.
That is a one-sided caricature, of course, and one of the manygoodthings in this year's fine Proms season is to be able to parade so much French music in all its rich diversity.