Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Ex-DEA agent slams Salazar, CIA and DEA

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Celerino Castillo busted his ass in the 1980s trying to get to the bottom of the Nicaraguan cocaine trafficking networks in Central America. Imagine his horror when he found out that the very same US government he was working for … Continue reading →

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Leamsy Salazar: The DEA’s useful spy

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Leamsy Salazar, at right, back when Chavecito (on the left) trusted him. Hey! Remember the spook I blogged about the other day? Leamsy Salazar, the presidential security officer who “defected” from the Venezuelan armed forces and is now a star … Continue reading →

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Argentina: Stella Calloni on the Nisman case

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Further to yesterday’s debunker of the myths of the strange death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor supposedly investigating the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, here’s another hard look at what lies behind at all, courtesy of the redoubtable Stella Calloni: … Continue reading →

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Argentina: The myths and meanings of the Nisman case

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Sabina Becker

“Let the dogs bark, Sancho, my friend; it is a sign that we are advancing.” — Don Quixote Right now, the US media is in full cry, blatting about how Alberto Nisman wanted to arrest the president of Argentina just … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: And the wolves come out to pay

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

With your World War III and your ABC and your CND, well you don’t fool me… Sing it!

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Venezuela putsch: Maduro denounces “interfering” US document

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Further to my last post, here it is in no uncertain terms: There IS indeed another coup d’état underway in Venezuela. And here, to denounce it, is none other than the president himself: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro denounced the contents … Continue reading →

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Diosdado Cabello warns of violent replays in Venezuela

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Diosdado Cabello, the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, on his VTV weekly show. He’s in military uniform because, like Chavecito behind him, he’s a former officer of the Venezuelan army. And because this past February 4, the nation celebrated … Continue reading →

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Leamsy Salazar: Unmasking a Venezuelan traitor

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito and his then vice-president, Diosdado Cabello (first row, side by side), in happier times. He’s surrounded by the usual circle of bodyguards. But there is an infiltrator. That man in the circle is now the subject of intense scrutiny. … Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia, progressive kingdom of irony

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Saudi feminists sure do love them some manspreading. According to Konbini, this photo was taken last year at a conference at Qassim University on women’s rights. The piece also notes that Saudi Arabia ranks 127th out of 136 countries on … Continue reading →

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The Nisman case: cui bono?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Juan Gabriel Labaké seems an unlikely figure to have cracked not one but two infamous bombing cases in Argentina. But the lawyer, who represents a Syrian-Argentine accused in one of the crimes, has done just that. And not only that, … Continue reading →

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