Category Archives: Don’t Cry For Argentina

Taking the streets in Argentina

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

A toxic, energy- and water-gobbling mine in the Argentine province of Catamarca drew protesters to the streets of the provincial capital on August 28 in a good old-fashioned escrache:

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Suck my gas valve, bitches!

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, another example of Evo’s cojones in action. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, ratified on Saturday that he would not permit the opposition prefects and “civic organizers” to close gas valves for any reason. For this reason, he … Continue reading →

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I could have told them so, but would they listen?

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Whoa–is the sky falling, or what? The Economist has finally gotten (partway) off its “rah rah, America” kick and published a (somewhat) honest assessment of what’s going on in the States. And a thing of beauty it is, too: One … Continue reading →

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Memo to the Media Luna prefects: You’re toast!

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

As if it weren’t enough that popular opinion is going to broom these “autonomist” butts out of office (and a landslide is going to confirm Evo), there’s this little bombshell from off the coast of, of all places, Uruguay: Uruguay … Continue reading →

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Justin Delacour kicks the Dissociated Press’s ass

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

‘Bout time someone did! And who better than a Latin America scholar, who knows how important it is to work with all the facts, the accurate facts, and not just whatever bullshit is convenient to the State Dept., Big Bidness, … Continue reading →

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And another one’s gone, and another one’s gone…

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Another one bites the dust! Damn, how many more myths does Chavecito plan on busting this week? The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, directed a message to the new chief of the FARC, Alfonso Cano, on Sunday, in which he … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Che’s back!

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And he’s twice as big as ever:Che would have turned 80 this year. That’s twice as old as he lived to be. So it makes sense that this statue, which will stand in his birthplace of Rosario, Argentina, is twice … Continue reading →

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Santa Cruzin’ for a bruisin’

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

You did, Tweety…you DID tee a coup d’etat!Roto-Reuters UK and the Washington Whore Post are both cheerleading quite blatantly for Evo’s opponents, undoubtedly to soften up us gullible anglophones for the “inevitable”, undemocratic outcome of a deeply antidemocratic, unilateral (not … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Maradona’s back!

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And ooooooooh yeah, Evo’s knees!Who’s the perfect 10? Both of them, of course. They faced off at a recent charity game. Who won? The people of flood-ravaged Bolivia. And South American solidarity didn’t fare too badly, either.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Another awwwww-some shot

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Sabina Becker

No matter how tense the official occasion (in this case, Argentine president Cristina Kirchner’s recent visit to Venezuela, during the days when Colombia attacked and then menaced Ecuador), Chavecito knows how to lighten things up and make everybody go awwwwwwww.Oh, … Continue reading →

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