Category Archives: All About Evo

Festive Left Friday Blogging: The Axis of Evo is on the march!

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Sabina Becker

And oh, how well they walk in step: Posted because it’s a great shot. And I love it.

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“Constitutional” coup d’état in Paraguay. Film at 11.

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Sorry, folks, no Festive Left Friday entry this week. Your Aunt Bina is feeling more restive than festive tonight, because the shit has officially hit the fan in a certain landlocked South American country, famous for its maté and its … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Playing catch-up with El Ecuadorable

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Sigh. What’s a girl to do when she’s looking for Latin American lefty-porn to give her readers their Friday fix of progressive pulchritude? All the news is full of Chavecito and his maybe-recurred cancer (or maybe-just-scar-tissue, did-THAT-ever-occur-to-you-crapaganda-whores?). And we all … Continue reading →

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Evo, the ladykiller?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

It may be carnival time (and thus, the silly season) in Bolivia, but apparently some don’t find anything funny about it…or at least, not the way the president comported himself during Friday’s kick-off celebrations: Opposition legislators and feminists criticized the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Another satellite for Venezuela

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Looks like Simón Bolívar will have even more company in orbit. In addition to his Bolivian and Ecuadorian counterparts, he’s going to be joined by another Venezuelan satellite, named after another independence hero: The new satellite, “Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda”, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Flamengo comes to Bolivia

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…and Evo had a great time meeting one of the great Brazilian soccer team’s heroes (and his own too, no doubt), Ronaldinho: Evo also presented Ronaldinho with a special medal for his outstanding contribution to South American sportsmanship: And there … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Caption Time in Bolivia

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Sabina Becker

It may be the holiday season for most of us, but Latin American heads of state aren’t getting any rest. While Evo is off signing bilateral agreements in Peru with Ollanta, his vice-president, Alvaro García Linera, is holding down the … Continue reading →

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An Ecuadorable little satellite

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A Russian Dnepr RS-20 rocket like this one will carry an Ecuadorian satellite into orbit next year. Sheesh. Those crazy Latinos, whatever will they do next? First Venezuela puts Simón Bolívar into orbit, then Bolivia follows suit with Tupac Amaru. … Continue reading →

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Mamachas del Ring: A new documentary

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Mamachas del Ring -Trailer – English from Betty Park on Vimeo. A glimpse of Betty Park’s documentary on the Fighting Cholitas of La Paz, Bolivia. These women are much more than just pro wrestlers in traditional, colorful Aymara dress; they … Continue reading →

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Evo talks with TELAM

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Video en español. Part 1 of a two-part interview with the TELAM news service of Argentina. Covers a wide range of subjects, but Evo’s quiet intelligence and wicked sense of humor are the real highlights. So’s this key sentence: “We … Continue reading →

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