Category Archives: Crapagandarati

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 30

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“PRISM. Coups d’état. Data of non-allied governments. Data of allied governments. Presidential intimacies. Narco-information. Global passwords. Hyper-Trojan viruses. Bombing co-ordinates. Secret bases. Infiltrated agents. Double agents. Counter-triple-agent double agents. Transactions. Social networks. Lottery results.” Welcome to the 30th installment of … Continue reading →

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Press freedom under threat again in Venezuela and Ecuador

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Press freedom is deteriorating rapidly in South America. Two politicians — one from Venezuela, one from Ecuador — attack a Dutch reporter for asking critical questions: Ha, ha, whoops. That didn’t happen in South America. It happened in Europe — … Continue reading →

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Rotten tomatoes for El Narco Uribe

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The History Channel (better known as the Hitler Channel) is infamous up here for its sensationalistic crap, which increasingly has less and less to do with actual history, and more and more to do with weird dudes claiming they were … Continue reading →

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The Bolivarian campaign against homophobia

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“I am gay. I am lesbian. I am bisexual. I am transsexual. I am heterosexual. I am like you. I am human.” Add another stripe to that banner, one that reads “I am Bolivarian”. The LGBT movement in Venezuela has … Continue reading →

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Who is J.J. Rendón?

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

If you’ve been following Venezuelan politics, you’ve probably seen the handiwork of this man, even if you haven’t seen HIM. And if you find his habit of wearing black melodramatic and more than a little douchey, you ain’t seen nothin’ … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 27

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“According to the new Work Law of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, proposed by the Comandante, they can’t fire me.” Howdy, everyone! Remember how our last installment dealt with putschist media figures and their dubious respect for the dead? Well, … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 26

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember how the Venezuelan opposition used to snipe at Chavecito for being a former military officer, calling him a “dictator”, even though he was democratically elected (and re-elected, and so on, and so on) as a civilian? Remember how … Continue reading →

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Rafael Correa connects the dots

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The crapaganda mafia of the North American media aren’t known for their honesty in reporting on Latin America. It takes nothing less than an interview with a Bolivarian head of state to set the record straight, and even then, who … Continue reading →

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Dear AP: You suck, too.

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ahem…a little mood music, maestro: Further to last night’s (now amended) piece on how badly Reuters gets Venezuela wrong, it looks like the Associated Press (or Dissociated Press, as I prefer to call them) is no better. Aporrea columnist Ivana … Continue reading →

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Dear Reuters: Is this enough proof for you?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Dear Reuters: You fail so hard at journalism… Venezuela has detained an American citizen it says was financing opposition student demonstrations after this month’s disputed presidential election, the latest in a flurry of accusations over last week’s post-vote violence. Interior … Continue reading →