"El gobierno de Venezuela acaba de cometer un error cuyas consecuencias pueden entregar la computación en el país a las manos de una corporación global: ha firmado un contrato con Microsoft para el uso de software propietario en las escuelas," dijo Stallman.
De rebelion.org.

This should change as Latin America in general is very accepting of free software. Besides, Venezuela has a lot of resentment built up over the years as the US continues to interfere in its politics, and boycotting Microsoft would be a fairly painless way of demonstrating their displeasure.