Category Archives: Don’t Cry For Argentina

“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 →

Posted in All About Evo, Brazil is the Bomb!, Chile Sin Queso, Don't Cry For Argentina, Economics for Dummies, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Huguito Chavecito, Inca Dink-a-Doo, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Paraguay, Uruguay, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | Comments Off

Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx swats DSK and the IMF around some more

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

You know how crazy some kitties are when it comes to tinfoil balls? They become obsessed with batting them around, and will chase them all over the house? Well, that’s how Ms. Manx is with this whole Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair. … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Economics for Dummies, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Short 'n' Stubby, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Chile Sin Queso, Crapagandarati, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Kittehs, Under the Name of Spain | 2 Comments

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s grand tour

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito’s been a very, very busy boy lately; I’m dizzy just from trying to follow him. But here we go! First up, a little video from Cochabamba, Bolivia: Lotsa ‘Cito, lotsa Evo, lotsa unity, international co-operation, and other good constructive … Continue reading →

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What’s Chavecito doing in Argentina today?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Funny you should ask! He’s there to sign trade treaties: …and be guest of honor at a luncheon, where president Cristina Fernández gave this very moving, emotional toast in thanks for Venezuela’s help in getting Argentina through its economic crisis … Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Cry For Argentina, Economics for Dummies, Huguito Chavecito, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | 5 Comments

More Music for a Sunday: A tribute to Alberto Granado

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

In honor of Che’s travelling companion, Dr. Alberto Granado, who died yesterday at age 88, here’s a song from the soundtrack of The Motorcycle Diaries: The song is nicely translated in the subtitles. It’s a poignant and fitting reminder of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Don't Cry For Argentina, Music for a Sunday, Obits and 'bobs | 1 Comment

Found: One backbone. Location: Argentina!

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Cristina, you’ve done it again. Besitos: Argentina has accused the US of trying to smuggle weapons and satellite phones into the country after cargo on a US military plane was seized last week. Argentine officials say the material was not … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Simón Bolívar approves

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito and neighbor-president Santos shake hands under the watchful eyes of the Liberator of their two countries (and three more). This is the 180th anniversary of Bolívar’s death, so it’s a snapshot with added significance. Bolívar’s dream was of an … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks/Cablegate: Hillary has an explanation for Cristina

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Wouldn’t you have loved to be a fly on the wall when this little chit-chat was going down? The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, made a phone call today to the president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, having to do … Continue reading →