Category Archives: El NarcoPresidente

Chavecito is in Colombia today…

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…at the behest of his newly inaugurated local counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos. Will there be crow on the supper menu tonight at El Palacio Narquiño? Well, let’s let the photo of the day (tweeted by Andrés Izarra of Telesur) do … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula and Kirchner come to Chavecito; Piñera comes to Quito

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Nope, Chavecito’s not coming to the inauguration of that peasant-killing thug Santos in Colombia. He’s got bigger fish to fry, and two of them were in Venezuela today:And there they are, right behind him. Néstor Kirchner, former president of Argentina, … Continue reading →

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Evo’s inaugurator arrested for drug possession in El Alto

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Aymara spiritual leader Valentín Mejillones, doing what he normally does best. Oh dear. Panorama reports a story that will have a lot of faces red in La Paz: The Aymara priest who four years ago blessed and handed over an … Continue reading →

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Dear Iggy: This is why I will NEVER vote for you.

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This landed in my inbox yesterday. See if you can tell me what’s wrong with it: Dear Sir/Madam:Thank you for taking the time to voice your concerns about the human rights implications of Bill C-2, the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil is the Bomb!, Canadian Counterpunch, Ecuadorable As Can Be, El NarcoPresidente, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal? | 8 Comments

In which your lazy scribbler finally gets her ass-kicking boots on again

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Watch out for this man; he was recently arrested, and a good thing, too.Okay. I’ve been sitting on this one long enough. Time for me to translate what the lamestream media will never tell you, yes? The Venezuelan far-right-winger, Alejandro … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Don't Cry For Argentina, El NarcoPresidente, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Guns, Guns, Guns, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, The Salvador Option(s) | 2 Comments

Chavecito and the tweeter

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

From Cubadebate via Aporrea, a little newsy item: Spokespersons for the Twitter social networking site, Laura Gómez and Jenna Dawn, “are delighted” that presidents, including Hugo Chávez with his @chavezcandanga, are opening accounts. “Presidents in general, as in the case … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, El NarcoPresidente, Huguito Chavecito, Mexican Standoffs | 1 Comment

Somewhere in Bogotá, El Narco is gnashing his teeth over this

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish. Story by Aporrea: Corporal Pablo Emilio Moncayo thanked the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa; that of Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, and of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, for securing his freedom after twelve years as a … Continue reading →

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Venezuelan “freepers” operate out of Colombia, US

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…but not Venezuela. Funny dat:Video in Spanish.I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get mighty skeptical of any “grassroots” organization whose name starts with “free”–as in, here, “FreeVenezuela”. Fascists are learning not only how to wrap themselves tighter … Continue reading →

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Colombia: Electrical capitalist paradise? NOT.

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Remember Enron? Ah, capitalist electricity…According to my three-day headache from last week, Colombia is a better place to live than Venezuela because (a) it’s capitalist, and (b) it has no electrical shortages. Well, one of these statements is true (although … Continue reading →

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Bad news all around for El NarcoPresidente

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

In Mexico City, family and friends of the Mexican students killed in Colombia’s illegal bombing of a FARC camp in the Sucumbíos border region of Ecuador two years ago held a protest, calling for Alvaro Uribe to stand trial as … Continue reading →

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