You have to wonder about Maduro’s intellectual capabilities. He goes from gaffe to gaffe, insulting countries, showing he does not even know Venezuelan states and the like. For a man that was Foreign Minister for six years, you have to wonder how he did not even learn much in that time.
But his latest gaffe really makes you question his intellectual abilities. Maduro after all, lived in Cuba for over a year, then goes on onto this tirade praising Cuba and its supposed independence and sacrifice to be independent, getting all sentimental, grabbing the flag, joining it with the Venezuelan flag in a symbolic gesture, almost tear eyed, except…
The flag is Puerto Rico’s flag, not Cuba’s.
I know they are similar, but the colors are all inverted, Maduro should know, that flag (the Cuban one) is sadly present in too many Venezuelan Government and military facilities.
The Devil's Excrement 
August 9, 2013 at 4:37 am
In fact, the video was simply edited to create the false appearance of a mistake by Maduro. In other words, this was disinformation. A falsification. Fakery. A right wing propaganda lie.
http://nbclatino.com/2013/08/08/ricky-martin-apologizes-for-offending-venezuelas-nicolas-maduro/
So who is the “moron” here? President Maduro? Or the pitiable propaganda victims displaying their malice and credulity above?
August 5, 2013 at 4:37 pm
With every day that goes by and with every gaffe that escapes this bozo’s mouth, it just proves without a doubt that any moron can fill the position of president under this cuban mafia. And that chavez was only a simple puppet and not the savior of central and south america as he is portrayed by the coolaid drinking chavista cult.
Bozo grabbing the wrong flag should not be the concern, but that he continues to serve up venezuela on a platter to his cuban masters. Maybe if he were actually born in venezuela, he would be more reluctant to do so.
August 6, 2013 at 7:34 pm
It’s all a theater while the Cubans run everything. Castro finally got his oil.
August 5, 2013 at 1:41 pm
He is a moron! First, he did not even bother to check whom was being honored. Had he done so, he would have realized the writer was Puerto Rican. Second, he gave a corny speech about Cuba during this award ceremony. So, it was not a simple error of confusing flags. He thought the writer was Cuban and he thought it would be a great idea to join both flags because as he said “after all, they are one and the same.” For fucking crying out loud, we have an idiot for president.
August 5, 2013 at 12:32 pm
The Cubans don’t care if Maduro kisses their flag, just as long as he kisses their butt and dances to their tune.
August 4, 2013 at 9:12 pm
I can’t be too hard on Maduro for not being able to tell which flag is which. After all, a long time ago I met some Cuban-Americans in South Florida which weren’t sure either.
But Maduro should have known that the recipient of the Rómulo Gallegos Prize is Puerto Rican, and thus the flag had to be PR’s. Also, his ignorance comes to light when he says that in the mid-1950s Cuba achieved its independence, since Batista was ousted in 1959!
August 5, 2013 at 2:33 am
Yeah, that one about Cuba’s “achievement” was also remarkable.
Bear in mind, though: ask 20 random Venezuelans in what century they live in and half of them will have problems.
Ask them in what century, more or less, we got the Independence: half will tell you anything (but wrong). Ask them in what century the Conquista started (more or less) and they might tell you a century that is after the Independence or in the X century or whatever.
Ask them from what language Spanish is primarily derived and some will venture Greek or Arabic.
That happens even among lots of Venezuelans who finished secondary school. Maduro didn’t finish it.
August 4, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Joany Sánchez twetted about this blunder. The word spreads worldwide and very fast…..
August 4, 2013 at 9:12 pm
speaking of which… and Leopoldo Castillo, etc. A 3-way interview in Spain on the state of journalism in 3 countries: Argentina, Cuba and Venezuela.
Worthwhile: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/conversatorios-en-casa-de-america/conversatorios-casa-america-yoani-sanchez-leopoldo-castillo-carlos-pagni/1962347/
August 4, 2013 at 8:47 pm
So what is it called when a country is ruled by the incompetent?
Besides “normal” these days
August 4, 2013 at 5:31 pm
What a dunce Nicolas Maduro is. Poor thing. He’s a PUPPET President
being advise by those who have & will continue to line their pockets ..
with what is rightfully for the Venezuelan PEOPLE. “People be damed” seems to be the governments motto!
August 4, 2013 at 3:07 pm
The Cuban flag was designed by a Venezuelan, Narciso Lopez, in New York in 1848. The flag of Puerto Rico was also designed in the heart of the Empire at a later date. However, the CIA was created in 1947 and had nothing to do with the design of either flag (but they could have had something to do with the shifting of the flags to make Maduro look even worse than he normally is).
August 4, 2013 at 2:43 pm
I’m going with total moron on this one, and also indicative of a deeper problem. He probably didn’t pick the flag (as in a physical flag) to be put there himself, some low ranking Chavista squire did it. That person was incompetent too, probably because the only qualification he needed was loyalty to the regime.
August 4, 2013 at 2:18 pm
La bandera es de Puerto Rico, pues el ganador del Premio Rómulo Gallegos es de esa isla. Lo sigo con mucho interés, pero no puede permitirse esos errores, su credibilidad se afecta. Un saludo!
August 4, 2013 at 1:36 pm
“Bloqueo heroico”? (solo un ejemplo)
Hombre, ¡cómo destroza el idioma español!
August 4, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Its not what he does its what the people think he does.
August 4, 2013 at 1:04 pm
Never been to Cuba, been to PR three times, can tell the differenceno problem. He livedin Cuba!
August 4, 2013 at 12:38 pm
In fairness, the PR flag has a lot more red on it…easy mistake.
August 4, 2013 at 12:03 pm
The Americans treated the flag with a special chemical so the colors would change and embarrass him.
August 4, 2013 at 6:40 pm
or, or, or, the CIA inoculated Maduro’s eyes to interpret red as blue and blue as red.
August 4, 2013 at 10:54 pm
Yes! That makes more sense!
Because if he’s caught having sex with under-age boys, he can blame that on the inoculation too!
August 4, 2013 at 10:58 am
I personally think that Venezuelans are, in general, much more advanced economically than Zimbabweans simply because of the huge wealth of crude oil which Zimbabwe does not have.
However, I observe the same impotence of the opposition to topple an illegitimate government.
Strange.
Who can explain it?
August 4, 2013 at 8:46 pm
That is easy. Elections are stolen by the ones counting the votes.
August 4, 2013 at 10:55 am
Three possible answers for the gaffe (choose more than one):
1. If Maduro is not dyslexic, then he may also be fully colour-blind.
2. Maduro does not prepare, ahead of a speech.
3. Maduro is a moron.
August 4, 2013 at 10:59 am
Maybe he is colour-blind, like I am.
August 4, 2013 at 1:32 pm
Madurus stultissimus et stupidisimus est.
August 5, 2013 at 4:45 am
All of the above….
August 4, 2013 at 10:42 am
Doesn’t this guy have “handlers?”
August 4, 2013 at 10:34 am
Puerto Rico is now American. Maybe Maduro secretly yearns to be annexed by the Empire. Maybe he wants to visit Disney World to talk to Mickey Mouse and Goofy.