Category Archives: All About Evo

Let’s play Interference Futbol!

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Okay, how embarrassing is this? Team USA World Police undoubtedly thought they’d recruited a winning soccer team among the Peace Corps and the Fulbright Scholars currently living, studying and working in Bolivia. How sad and pathetic is it that their … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito does Carnival

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Well, all right. This guy isn’t really Chavecito: But you have to admit he’s a pretty good lookalike. (And no, that’s not FARC leader Manuel Marulanda behind him; that’s another festive impostor.) Meanwhile, Evo was out for the festivities, partying … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo celebrates Alasita

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Who, Evo? Chicken?Nah. He’s just receiving a traditional “Ekeko” figurine of a hen, symbolizing a female partner (as he is, incredibly, still single). And a second one for his VP, Alvaro Garcia Linera, who’s also unattached. (Single women get roosters.) … Continue reading →

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John Perkins: Rafael Correa is in danger

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From the man who wrote Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which among other things treats of his own experiences in Ecuador, a warning to the current president of that country: Watch your back! The jackals are circling! Video in … Continue reading →

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Evo does it again

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Damn, how this man has a thing for getting it right. Get a load of Evo’s latest big move: Bolivian President Evo Morales and regional governors have agreed to draw up a pact of national unity to prevent the country … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Random Evo and senseless cuteness

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

You know you’re a hottie when you can even make a miner’s helmet look good… …especially when combined with something as unlikely as floral garlands. And of course, we already know what Evo does for soccer shorts:

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: I wanna wish you a merry Yuletide…

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Feliz Chavidad…

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One more blow for the Empire

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And this one comes from Brazil. The president of Brazil, Luiz Lula da Silva, affirmed that South America has put the era of neoliberalism behind it, and said he agrees with the nationalization of natural gas by his colleague in … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Baby, it’s cold outside…

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…and we’re about due for another dumper of lake-effect snow here on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The seasonal norm is 3 degrees Celsius, and today’s high was that…in the negative integers. My joints ache, my fingers are waxen … Continue reading →

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Evo, WTF???

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Holy shucking fit, there goes another “dictator”… The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has proposed a recall referendum for himself and the nine regional governors of the country, most of whom are oppositionists. Morales announced that he would send this … Continue reading →

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