Category Archives: Chile Sin Queso

Surreal adventure in an Argentine lake

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Who wants to scuba-dive in a weird grey moonscape? This Argentine dude apparently does. The moonscape is Nahuel Huapí, which is normally a nice clear alpine lake in southern Argentina, and it looks like that now because it got a … Continue reading →

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“Don’t keep looking for your brother, they threw him from a helicopter”

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Pura Soto Rojas points to a headline: “SHOT”. It refers to the deaths, by secret firing squad, of leftist guerrillas during the “democratic” years of the Fourth Republic. Years which were not so democratic in fact, as the tragic story … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Chile Sin Queso, Cops Behaving Badly, Crapagandarati, Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Paraguay, Uruguay, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

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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Salvador Allende: Explosive new revelations from a Chilean demolition site

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Do these sound to you like the last words of a suicidal man? They sound to me like the words of one who was determined to fight to the death, and did. Now, a new chapter is being written. It … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo, just being his awesome self

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Evo paid tribute to Bolivian mothers at the palace today, and this nice shot was the result of that. But check out what other awesomeness he’s up to. How about that challenge to the asshole next door in Chile? The … Continue reading →

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Mario Vargas Llosa, concern troll

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Ye Gods. Just when you thought he couldn’t get more repugnant, crabby, fuddy-duddy or racist, Peru’s most tragic export to the First World has piped up again…and surpassed himself in a show of sheer subhuman backwardness that makes me want … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Raise the flag!

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

This past Wednesday was Sea Day in Bolivia–the day the country commemorates the loss of its seacoast to Chile during the War of the Pacific. That’s why landlocked Bolivia still has a navy, even though currently it only patrols Bolivia’s … Continue reading →

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Dear Miami Herald: Learn how to spell TERRORIST!

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Luis Posada Carriles hasn’t been in Cuba for at least five decades now, and that’s not the only thing the Miami Whore–sorry, Herald–gets wrong about him. I’ll excerpt a few passages from one of their latest reports on him. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), CubanaBomber Death Watch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

Piñera talks out of both sides of his mouth on nuclear power

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Oh Chile…what have you elected? Surely this is not what you had in mind? While the debate on the use of nuclear energy grows around the world, Chilean president Sebastián Piñera confirmed that he will be signing an accord on … Continue reading →

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Photos du Soir: Seen at Dilma Rousseff’s inauguration

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Brazil’s first female president was sworn in today, but the most interesting photos of the day weren’t of Dilma. They were of Hillary Clinton, hesitating over a handshake with you-know-who:Doesn’t it look like Juan Manuel Santos (president of Colombia) and … Continue reading →

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