Monthly Archives: June 2008

And another one’s gone, and another one’s gone…

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Another one bites the dust! Damn, how many more myths does Chavecito plan on busting this week? The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, directed a message to the new chief of the FARC, Alfonso Cano, on Sunday, in which he … Continue reading →

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One more “tyrannical Hugo Chavez” myth shot down

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

By HIMSELF, no less! Ley de Inteligencia y Contrainteligencia será revisadaUploaded by Radioaporrea Video in Spanish. Chavecito publicly declares he will rectify potentially dangerous errors in the proposed new Intelligence Law, which will completely overhaul the old secret police (DISIP) … Continue reading →

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Synchronicity works in mysterious ways

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

So here I am, listening to a test-cast by my mega-talented friend Tony “T-Bone” Jones. It’s called “Song of Bobby Kennedy”, and it’s about 20 minutes of trance-dance electronica interspersed with a rousing and cautionary speech by Bobby Kennedy. “A … Continue reading →

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Well, well, well. What have we here?

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This is too juicy to pass up. Aporrea.org, the Venezuelan news/opinion site I enjoy most, has uncovered some skulduggery published at an opposition forum called Noticiero Digital. It’s an e-mail from Alfredo Rangel, the director of the “Security and Democracy … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ecuadorability!

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What? No Chavecito or Evo this week? Nope…

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Oh gawd, now the GERMAN media is in on it too…

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Someone please tell the Burschen at Der Spiegel that their story was kaputt long before it came out. They’re recycling a piece of pure horseshit under the laughable title of “The Colombian Connection: How Hugo Chavez Courted FARC”: They called … Continue reading →

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Venezuela tells Human Rights Watch to…

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…well, I was gonna say “go fuck a dog”, but they’ve already done that. Here’s what was actually said: President Chavez has repeatedly denied that Venezuela provided any kind of material support to the FARC and that the only contacts … Continue reading →

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The myth of happy racism

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Found a little item on Aporrea and thought I’d translate it and follow up with a few thoughts of mine own: Could it be that my black friends in the Venezuelan opposition don’t feel that they are being alluded to … Continue reading →

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It’s now official…

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Human Rights Watch has totally screwed the pooch where Venezuela is concerned. I know, they’re supposed to be a serious human-rights organization, but it’s kind of hard to take seriously an organization that gets used so often to promote the … Continue reading →

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Evo makes me giggle sometimes

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

He’d make you giggle too, if you heard him say things like this: The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, is concerned because he sees his Peruvian colleague, Alan Garcia, as “very fat and not much of an anti-imperialist”, as he … Continue reading →

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