Category Archives: Festive Left Friday Blogging

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Playing catch-up with El Ecuadorable

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Sigh. What’s a girl to do when she’s looking for Latin American lefty-porn to give her readers their Friday fix of progressive pulchritude? All the news is full of Chavecito and his maybe-recurred cancer (or maybe-just-scar-tissue, did-THAT-ever-occur-to-you-crapaganda-whores?). And we all … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito throws down

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

And gives the right-wing candidate and sham primary victor, Henrique Capriles Radonsky, notice that he’s got to stand and deliver, or leave with his tail between his legs: Here’s the gist of what he said. Accept no lamestream substitutes. And … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Another satellite for Venezuela

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Looks like Simón Bolívar will have even more company in orbit. In addition to his Bolivian and Ecuadorian counterparts, he’s going to be joined by another Venezuelan satellite, named after another independence hero: The new satellite, “Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda”, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lucky 13

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Sabina Becker

It’s 13 years now since Chavecito was sworn in as president of Venezuela. And, contrary to all the right-wing lamestream media naysayers up here, he’s not dead yet, and neither is Venezuelan democracy, which is going stronger than ever. And … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Two million and counting!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Make that two and a HALF million… And now, the story from Aporrea: At 10:06 this morning, and three months shy of his second anniversary on Twitter, President Hugo Chávez made history as the most-followed head of state on … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Flamengo comes to Bolivia

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…and Evo had a great time meeting one of the great Brazilian soccer team’s heroes (and his own too, no doubt), Ronaldinho: Evo also presented Ronaldinho with a special medal for his outstanding contribution to South American sportsmanship: And there … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s back, beeyotches!

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Sabina Becker

And here he is, proving that his health is fully recovered from last year’s nasty cancer scare: …and that he’s fit and ready for his re-election campaign. He looks and sounds it, all right. Nice to see he’s regained the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s back, Cristina’s on the mend

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Good news from Venezuela… The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, will return on Sunday with his well-known TV program, Aló Presidente, which has been on hiatus for seven months. This will be the first show since Chávez recovered from the cancer … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The kids are all right…or should I say LEFT?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Who says so? No less an authority than The Pew: Young people — the collegiate and post-college crowd, who have served as the most visible face of the Occupy Wall Street movement — might be getting more comfortable with socialism. … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Caption Time in Bolivia

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Sabina Becker

It may be the holiday season for most of us, but Latin American heads of state aren’t getting any rest. While Evo is off signing bilateral agreements in Peru with Ollanta, his vice-president, Alvaro García Linera, is holding down the … Continue reading →

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