Category Archives: Ecuadorable As Can Be

The RCTVs of Ecuador?

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Um, no. Just a bunch of oligarchic whiners getting their knicks in a twist again. This time in Quito and Guayaquil. Ecuador’s government has seized two private TV stations in a long-running dispute over debts. Backed by police, officials raided … Continue reading →

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El Ecuadorable gets armed

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Looks like the Colombia problem is heating up on more fronts than one. Here’s what’s going on in Correa-land: Colombian rebels in northern Ecuador are an old problem that previous governments failed to confront, Ecuador’s defense minister told The Associated … Continue reading →

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Why the EU wants to punish economic migrants

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From Deutsche Welle, the German satellite TV channel, an interesting passage buried well down in the piece: The Return Directive raises hackles not only because of possible human rights infringements, but because the remittances sent home by illegal workers to … Continue reading →

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What did I say?

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

About it not only being Evo and Chavecito? Get a load of El Ecuadorable and what he’d do if Europe keeps on shitting on Latin American economic migrants: Ecuador threatened to halt Andean trade talks with the European Union on … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lugo comes to Venezuela

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And gets a hug-ito from Chavecito at a religious ceremony at Caricuao in his honor:And if the speech he gave in Ecuador here is any indication, he will work well with the rest for integration:BTW, El Ecuadorable and Evo are … Continue reading →

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Now Correa’s at it, too

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, another jaw-dropper: Rafael Correa added his voice to that of Hugo Chavez and called on the FARC to lay down their arms. “What future is there for guerrillas combatting a democratic government, who have no popular support in … Continue reading →

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Ecuador NOT joining ALBA, for now

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Dang. Rafecito the Ecuadorable just broke my heart! Ecuador announced on Friday that it would not be joining the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), which its ally, Venezuela, is promoting, but indicated that it would accompany this mechanism and … 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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Well, well, well. What have we here?

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This is too juicy to pass up. Aporrea.org, the Venezuelan news/opinion site I enjoy most, has uncovered some skulduggery published at an opposition forum called Noticiero Digital. It’s an e-mail from Alfredo Rangel, the director of the “Security and Democracy … Continue reading →

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