Category Archives: Don’t Cry For Argentina

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Hasta la Patagonia siempre

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s no news that Chavecito’s face is everywhere in Venezuela. But this isn’t Venezuela; it’s Argentina, where a lot of people have fond (and more than a little envious) memories of the Comandante: With much joy, the Argentine collective Cartago … Continue reading →

Quotable: Ciro Bustos on exile

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Exile means leaving your native land. What you lose are not your possessions, or external trappings. You lose what is under your feet: the land, the landscape that nourishes you. That is why the drama of exile affects everybody, no … Continue reading →

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Why Evo?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Further to my post from the other day, it seems that I’m not the only one who’s picked up on the not-so-subtle racism of the European countries who denied Evo’s plane the right to pass through their airspace. Venezuelan TV … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, EuroPeons, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Spooks, Teh Injunz, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

They are SO FUCKING PARANOID.

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Really. What more can I say when Evo Morales, of all people, has been denied permission to overfly four European countries, just because some nimnul thinks that Edward Snowden might be on board his plane (and he isn’t)? Or when … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, EuroPeons, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Paraguay, Uruguay, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

The long impunity of Carlos Menem

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

If you saw The Take, you’ll no doubt recognize the old man in the picture. Carlos Menem, following the dictates of the IMF, presided over an economic “miracle” in Argentina, which “mysteriously” (to hear certain economists tell it, anyway) turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Cry For Argentina, Economics for Dummies, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Guns, Guns, Guns, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal? | Comments Off

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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General Videla is dead

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ding, dong. The ex-dictator of Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla, died today in the Marcos Paz penitentiary, where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. He was 87 years old. This morning, the wife of a soldier, Cecilia … Continue reading →

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Dying to be beautiful in Venezuela (and elsewhere)

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This morning, I came across this particularly sad story out of Caracas: Adriana Carolina Hernández, 26, died in the Pérez Carreño hospital on Wednesday, where she was brought by her mother, as a result of a pulmonary embolism after having … Continue reading →

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“The Pope covered up my son’s abuser”: an Argentine mother speaks out

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Gabriel Varela and his mother, Beatriz, are among the few Argentines who have dared to take on the very top of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy — not only on their own soil, but all the way to the Vatican. And … Continue reading →

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Statement from HIJOS Paraguay on the sham election

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

From my Facebook feed this morning, a link of interest to those following the Paraguayan coup and sham election. It’s from HIJOS Paraguay, the Paraguayan equivalent of a similarly named group from Argentina comprised of the children of persons disappeared … Continue reading →