The Capybara Empanada?

I just saw this article on the New York Times about how the meat of the world's largest rodent, the capybara (or chigüire) is a delicacy in Venezuela:

"Capybara aficionados include President Hugo Chávez, who grew up in Barinas, a state on Venezuela’s steamy plains where capybaras are common. On his television show, “Hello, President,” Mr. Chávez has promoted capybara empanadas washed down with papaya juice."

I'm from the north east part of Venezuela, and the plains (or los llanos) are a foreign place to me. It is perhaps one of the most rural area in Venezuela, and only a couple of years ago I found out that they ate capybaras. I know they have other different and strange traditions, and perhaps I'll post about them in another entry.