Category Archives: El NarcoPresidente

Eight international terrorists caught in Caracas; more to come

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Dramatic developments in Venezuela as more putschists and violent instigators are behind bars tonight. Here’s the story, via Aporrea: The Venezuelan government has arrested 41 persons in the Altamira neighborhood of eastern Caracas, who caused damage to public and private … Continue reading →

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Venezuela: National Assembly president reveals right-wing criminal connections galore

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Diosdado Cabello has been a busy boy lately. Not only is he the president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, he’s also a broadcaster with a weekly show on the public channel, VTV. And it was there that he dropped a big … Continue reading →

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A letter from Venezuela

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Just some more video of the Venezuelan opposition making shit up as they go along, with the ever-complicit local corporate media along for the ride. Nothing to see here, folks. While browsing Aporrea this morning, I came upon this open … Continue reading →

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Venezuela: Táchira under siege from Colombia; Maduro responds

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Harsh words from Madurito, vowing to clean up the state of Táchira, in western Venezuela, on the border with Colombia. What’s got him so worked up? Read and ye will know all: “If I have to declare a state of … Continue reading →

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El Narco gets tomatoed…again!

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Protesters hold up cardboard tombstones and coffins at Álvaro Uribe as he gives a speech. And that’s not all that he got…read on: Colombian ex-president and senate candidate Álvaro Uribe Vélez was received with flying tomatoes in the central square … Continue reading →

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Julián Conrado is free!

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Sabina Becker

And here you have it, all spelled out: The FARC folk-singer is now free from the Venezuelan jail where he was being held pending negotiations with the Colombian government not to have him extradited. Conrado was being charged back home … Continue reading →

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Sabotage in the Colombia peace process?

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I wouldn’t be surprised…and neither would this guy: Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa alerted that revelations surrounding the participation of the United States in the 2008 attack against Colombian guerrillas on Ecuadorian soil could be a trap for boycotting the peace … Continue reading →

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Gustavo Petro gets a referendum

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Looks like the mayor of Bogotá will get a second chance at holding on to his elected office, after all. And, fittingly, it will take place in another democratic vote: The national registrar, Carlos Sánchez, informed that the electoral authority … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Democracy comes to Colombia…

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…whether the Colombian oligarchy wants it or not. This is nothing if not heartening: Thousands of Colombians today offered massive support to the mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro, recently removed from office and prohibited from politics for 15 years, in … Continue reading →

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Uribe’s Colombian putsch

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Left to right: Fernando Londoño, Alejandro Ordóñez, and Álvaro Uribe. Who are these three? Well, chances are you already know the third one as El Narco, if you read this blog on a regular basis. He’s the nasty little shit … Continue reading →

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