franela rojita
What does franela rojita mean in this context.. "Como en Venezuela está prácticamente prohibido hablar de la calidad del agua si uno no es un experto de franela rojita (que casualmente son los que con sus derrames petroleros acaban con nuestros ríos), vamos a referirnos al tema a partir de un despacho de la agencia Efe enviado desde Bogotá con motivo del Día Mundial del Agua celebrado ayer." from an article on el-nacional.com
3 Answers
The party in the government is left tendency (communist), because of that, I guess, they say franela roja, meaning that
If you are not member of the party in government your opinion is not valid in the topic, your opinion does not matter.
In this case, I think that with franela they refer to clothes because for them the red dress is almost mandatory.
It could be talking about the communists
Hmmm.....The literal meaning is "Red flannel" shirt, but obviously it has another meaning in that context.
