Author Archives: Sabina Becker

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 21

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Right-wing Venezuelan deputy Alfonso Marquina, wearing a motorcycle helmet in parliament. Was he planning maybe to pop a wheelie in the Hemiciclo? Ah yes. The peaceful Venezuelan right just keeps getting more and more peaceful all the time… The right-wing … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Margaret Atwood on women writers

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker
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More Evo? Yes, please!

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Sabina Becker

From Bolivia, a little good news today: The Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal of Bolivia has declared it constitutional that president Evo Morales and vice-president Alvaro García Linera may stand for re-election in the general elections of 2014. The case was decided … Continue reading →

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Rafael Correa connects the dots

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The crapaganda mafia of the North American media aren’t known for their honesty in reporting on Latin America. It takes nothing less than an interview with a Bolivarian head of state to set the record straight, and even then, who … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Noam Chomsky on student debt

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

And, being a professor, he would know; he has seen all that with his own eyes.

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Music for a Sunday: The café on the Moon

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Nik Kershaw does justice to Salvador Dalí AND Cervantes, as well as the absurdities of the 1980s. And there’s not a bad line in the whole thing. “We are all Men of La Mancha.” (Even if he does mispronounce the … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: The Boston Marabomb, Part D’oh

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And welcome to the end of yet another week from hell. This time, with even more stoopid. And here are its leading purveyors, in no particular order: 1. Greg Fucking Ball. Dude. What is all this torture … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Here, have my earworm.

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This has been in my head all day, for reasons understandable if you’ve been reading me lately. Now, let it infiltrate YOUR head: Oh, you want lyrics too? All righty then: Working Latin America The Yankee is afraid that you’ll … Continue reading →

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Dear AP: You suck, too.

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ahem…a little mood music, maestro: Further to last night’s (now amended) piece on how badly Reuters gets Venezuela wrong, it looks like the Associated Press (or Dissociated Press, as I prefer to call them) is no better. Aporrea columnist Ivana … Continue reading →

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Dear Reuters: Is this enough proof for you?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Dear Reuters: You fail so hard at journalism… Venezuela has detained an American citizen it says was financing opposition student demonstrations after this month’s disputed presidential election, the latest in a flurry of accusations over last week’s post-vote violence. Interior … Continue reading →

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