Category Archives: Ecuadorable As Can Be

Festive Left Friday Blogging: El Ecuadorable is full of win

You can’t keep a good president down…or shut him up. And why would you want to, when he empowers his own people to speak out, too? Especially not when he just won a very important prize for doing just that? … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Rafael Correa visits Seville

Rafael Correa meets with the Mayor of Seville, in Spain. And that’s not all he’s up to over there: Rafael Correa arrived yesterday afternoon at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, accompanied by crowds. He came to tell how Ecuador … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo dines with the Queen

Look who had a royal visitor: No, this wasn’t just some standard photo-op grip-and-grin with a beautiful Bolivian aguayo cloth. There was a greater significance to this royal visit than just pleasantries and gift exchanges. But let’s hear it from … Continue reading

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Defeat THIS, CIA!

Think you can take this guy, motherfuckers? Rafael Correa says “Make my day, punk”: The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said today that there is an alleged plot by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to prevent his re-election in … Continue reading

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Julian Assange addresses the media

For the first time in two months, a political prisoner turned refugee speaks: He spoke out in defence of Ecuador, Bradley Manning, and Pussy Riot. And here’s something truly excellent: Look who his defence attorney is! Julian Assange’s lawyer, Baltasar … Continue reading

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Alvaro Uribe: “Not enough time” to be a war criminal

I have a terrible confession to make: After Colombia’s bombing attack on Ecuador in March 2008, I had this indelible impression of El Narco, Alvaro Uribe, as a nasty little hot-headed shit who had no respect for national boundaries, and … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Birthday to me…

Awww, Bina…you shouldn’t have! Isn’t that a great shirt on El Ecuadorable, with those strips of aguayo trim in the yoke? Someone please inform my fellow birthday brat Ryan Lochte. His dress sense could use some work…although I have to … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The Axis of Evo is on the march!

And oh, how well they walk in step: Posted because it’s a great shot. And I love it.

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“Constitutional” coup d’état in Paraguay. Film at 11.

Sorry, folks, no Festive Left Friday entry this week. Your Aunt Bina is feeling more restive than festive tonight, because the shit has officially hit the fan in a certain landlocked South American country, famous for its maté and its … Continue reading

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Two Ecuadorable items

First up, some excellent video from this past week, when Julian Assange interviewed the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, for his RT/Wikileaks talk show: And then, germane to the subjects touched on in the Assange interview, this item from Contrainjerencia: … Continue reading

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