Category Archives: Chile Sin Queso

Another day older and deeper in debt, for sure

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A little mood music, Maestro Ford…And now, the story. I saw on the CBC news this evening how they’ve brought up a hydraulic borer to help start the rescue effort for those 33 miners trapped 700 metres underground in Chile. … Continue reading →

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What really lies behind those trapped Chilean miners

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A little insight, courtesy of Telesur reporter Alejandro Kirk:The culprit, say miners and the family members of the trapped men, is the greed of Big Copper industrialists in Chile. Working conditions have always been atrocious for that very reason in … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula and Kirchner come to Chavecito; Piñera comes to Quito

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Nope, Chavecito’s not coming to the inauguration of that peasant-killing thug Santos in Colombia. He’s got bigger fish to fry, and two of them were in Venezuela today:And there they are, right behind him. Néstor Kirchner, former president of Argentina, … Continue reading →

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Chavecito and the tweeter

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

From Cubadebate via Aporrea, a little newsy item: Spokespersons for the Twitter social networking site, Laura Gómez and Jenna Dawn, “are delighted” that presidents, including Hugo Chávez with his @chavezcandanga, are opening accounts. “Presidents in general, as in the case … Continue reading →

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In midst of global sexual abuse crisis, Vatican covers up, scapegoats the innocent

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

That’s what the headlines would read if mainstream anglo news services had any remaining commitment to accuracy. Instead, what we get is:“Venezuela’s Catholic Church says Chavez’s Marxist politics threatening religion”“Church: Marxism a threat to religion in Venezuela”“Is Hugo Chavez the … Continue reading →

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Chile: Robbing Peter to pay for reconstruction?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A parody of one of Sebastián Piñera’s campaign posters. The caption reads: “Reducing everyone’s salaries. This is not how we want Chile!”I said this man would try to run Chile like a business, and sure enough, he’s gonna do just … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Who’s afraid of a little shake?

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Not Evo…his dimpled smile stayed firmly affixed as the earth was rocking in Chile yesterday:He’s with Lugo (middle) and El Ecuadorable (right) during Sebastián Piñera’s inauguration ceremony. A magnitude 6.9 quake–believed to be an aftershock of the big one from … Continue reading →

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Chile: Time to step up to the plate, folks…

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This is what solidarity looks like. Alvaro and Evo have an announcement to make: The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced on Tuesday that he would donate half his salary to help the displaced victims of the earthquakes that rocked … Continue reading →

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Chilean fascist youth–what charm, what class…

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This was taken just after Sebastián “Pinochet Jr.” Piñera won by a narrow margin (and the abstention of a third of the Chilean electorate) on the second round on the 17th. Here’s how these fine young fascists decided to show … Continue reading →

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Chilean ambassador criticizes US military presence in Haiti

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It’s not just Evo and Chavecito making this accusation now. Get a load of who else isn’t pleased with the blatant US takeover of Haiti: The United States military was “unnecessarily aggressive” in its operations to aid Haiti after the … Continue reading →

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