Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Justice 7 years later: The Venezuelan coup of April 11

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish; essential viewing for anyone who can understand and who wants to know what really happened that day. The media lies from the opposition side are still flying thick and fast. But in this interview with two of … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Febreros y Abriles

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Mario Silva of La Hojilla introduces a brand-new video from folk-singer Amílcar Briceño of Zulia. February and April are fateful months for Venezuelans–the Caracazo and Chavecito’s failed coup attempt both happened in February, the opposition’s failed coup attempt (and the … Continue reading →

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Abu Ghraib: Not just a few bad apples

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Torture: America’s Brutal Prisons”, a British TV documentary in five parts.This doc shows clearly how Abu Ghraib was not the exception, but the rule–and all the violence in it was a direct import from back in the good ol’ “freedom-loving” … Continue reading →

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Jorge Recio on the Venezuelan coup of ’02

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

In several documentaries of the coup d’état of April 11, 2002, you can see a group of Bolivarian demonstrators on Baralt Avenue in Caracas, picking up and carrying the limp form of a tall young man past a newspaper kiosk … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on beauty queens

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Remember this?Sadly, it’s more representative than exceptional. I shit thee not.Oh come on, admit it. You know it as well as I do, gentle reader: Beauty queens are twits. It goes with the territory. They don’t need no stinkin’ depth; … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Evo on Lake Titicaca

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Beautiful, blue Lake Titicaca is not only the highest-altitude lake in the world, it is now also the scene of the highest-altitude floating parliament ever:Here’s the story, from ABI: Tiquina, Bolivia, April 3 (ABI). With various topics on the agenda, … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: The Verdict in Venezuela

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…is GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY as charged for three commanders of the Metropolitan Caracas Police (and eight of their subordinates): At noon on Friday, sentences were handed down for three commanders and eight officers of the Metropolitan Caracas Police, involved in … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: GOOOOOOOOAL!

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Actually, it was that times six for Bolivia’s humble soccer team against, of all people, mighty Argentina under the direction of the revered Diego Maradona. The latter took the defeat graciously, saying, “I think Bolivia played a great game. I … Continue reading →

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The Panama Deception

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Sabina Becker

An oldie but a goodie. Especially relevant in light of the ongoing deception by the media over Iraq and Afghanistan. For more on how the media screwed the public during the Panama assault 20 years ago, see the FAIR blog’s … Continue reading →

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So, how many times have YOUR legs been pulled today?

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Sabina Becker

And by whom?Well, so far I’ve had mine pulled by Google, Evo Morales, Sarah Palin, and a bunch of Romanian monks who look just like Fidel Castro. How ’bout you?

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