Category Archives: Brazil is the Bomb!

More Music for a Sunday: There are days…

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This Luca Mundaca tune reminds me a great deal of this one by Marisa Monte, both in terms of theme and vocal stylings: Both make loneliness and getting by a little easier, and make them sound downright lovely.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Two million and counting!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Make that two and a HALF million… And now, the story from Aporrea: At 10:06 this morning, and three months shy of his second anniversary on Twitter, President Hugo Chávez made history as the most-followed head of state on … 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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Keystone XL: Dirty oil barons threaten Obama

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The clearest, most concise explanation yet of why the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would ferry dirty tar-sands oil from Alberta to Texas, must not proceed. Yes, all this talk of “ending our dependence on foreign oil” is a LIE. … Continue reading →

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Portrait of the president as a young Marxist guerrilla

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A young Dilma Rousseff, being interrogated by the Brazilian military junta in the 1970s. She looks pretty fearless and pugnacious, no? Here’s the story behind the picture, courtesy of Cubadebate: This past Saturday, Brazilians saw the first photo from the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula’s new ‘do

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

First, it was Lugo; then, Chavecito. Now, a new South American head of state (pun intended) has gone bare: The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, shaved his beard and head in anticipation of hair loss due … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A friendly visit from Ollanta

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Guess who was in Venezuela today: Yup, Ollanta was in the house today. He met with vice-president Elías Jaua in this video, and gave a short press conference in which he expressed a wish to visit Chavecito, to see him … Continue reading →

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Ollanta, Evo. Evo, Ollanta.

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Sabina Becker

This is such a nice shot of Ollanta and Evo that I was tempted to save it for Friday. But the story that goes with it is too hot to sit on for three whole days, so here it is: … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ollanta Presidente!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

My gosh, the dominoes are just tumbling in Latin America, aren’t they? It’s getting so that you’d hardly recognize the place anymore. First it was Venezuela, then Bolivia and Ecuador. Argentina and (for a while) Chile have had some progressive … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: If this is Tuesday, it must be Libya

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Sabina Becker

…and if the Stumpy Cat is meowing, it must mean she has some news for us. And of course, being Ms. Manx, she ALWAYS comes through: On the WSWS (always a good place to go for the real news), Patrick … Continue reading →