Category Archives: All About Evo

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo at the UN

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

I get the feeling that I’m not the only woman who likes this humble honey…and as proof, I present these shots taken at the recent UN meeting:Michelle Bachelet’s body language tells me all I need to know about how she … Continue reading →

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Schloppenheimer: pigeonholing Lugo, or trying to (and failing)

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Gotta love that Andres Oppenheimer (she said, dripping heavy sarcasm). The Miami Herald’s resident narcissist-wankerist was down in Paraguay this week to ask stupid questions of the new president, Fernando Lugo, and to get some sensible, if frustratingly (for the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Back to life, back to reality

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Well. Now that Evo’s basically shown the Media Luna-tics who’s the president of the republic, it’s back to work……which, in Evo’s case, means showing up to be doused in confetti and draped with streamers, and to open construction on an … Continue reading →

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Guess I’m not the only one who hates bad editorials

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Look who else can’t stand ’em: The Venezuelan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Roy Chaderton, denounced before the organization the racist and coup-mongering editorial published on Tuesday in the Washington Post and criticized the biased coverage which … Continue reading →

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A little song for the prefect of Pando

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Sabina Becker

My fellow Canuck, Kim Stockwood, says it so much better than I ever could. (Dishonorable mentions also go out to Philip Goldberg, Patrick Duddy, and all the Media Luna-tics.)

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How they killed the campesinos at Porvenir

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This is what occasioned that emergency meeting of the Unasur leaders–the Porvenir massacre in Bolivia, perpetrated by an opposition prefect who has since been captured and now faces at least 30 years in prison. Video and story from YVKE Mundial: … Continue reading →

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Same old story, same old song and dance, my friend

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Cartoonist Carlos Latuff nails what’s really going on in Bolivia. Just change the “Brazilian” to “US” and you’ll understand what’s going on in the US media, too. What do you bet Juan Forero* wrote this garbage in the WaHoPo today? … Continue reading →

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The truth about Pando

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This ought to put to rest once and for all the notion that the Bolivian opposition is peaceful and nonviolent: Walter Martínez of the VTV program Dossier spells it all out. Video in Spanish, but don’t let that deter you; … Continue reading →

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Unasur meets in Chile

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And the support for Bolivia and Venezuela was unmistakable:Video in Spanish. Note the Chilean demonstrators (who are mostly white and middle class!) chanting “Uh, ah, Evo no se va” and “Chávez, amigo, el pueblo está contigo!”Proof, in case anybody needed … Continue reading →

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Yankee Go Home, times two

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

So…Evo has ordered Philip Goldberg to pack his bags, and in solidarity, Chavecito has done the same with Patrick Duddy: President Chavez announced today that he has decided to send home the US ambassador, and has given him 72 hours … Continue reading →

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