Category Archives: Festive Left Friday Blogging

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito waxes poetic

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Did you know that Chavecito’s not just a president, he’s also a slam poet? Okay, that’s not his own poem he’s reciting there (with guitar accompaniment by the great Cuban folk singer, Silvio Rodríguez). It’s a poem by Alberto Arvelo … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Socialized medicine, epic fail?

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Don’t tell it to Chavecito’s Venezuela. They just graduated another big class of new doctors……meaning that 90% of Venezuelans now have access to public medical care, up from less than 40%, which it was when Chavecito was first elected in … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo, at work (with the workers)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

There’s a lot of highway repair work going on in Bolivia lately……and Evo was right out there, watching the work crews on the highway between Cochabamba and Villa Tunari. Andean roads are notoriously dangerous, but they’re getting safer on his … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Birthday, Fidel!

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The venerable old barbudo turns 84 today, and is still going strong. And no wonder: with this much love from his people, how could he not? He’s gonna live to be 100, outlasting all his enemies, and when he dies, … 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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Festive Left Friday Blogging: And the birthday boy is looking great

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Yep, it’s Chavecito. And it’s another of those “just because” pix–I posted it just because it’s nice, and I like it.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Where the hell are Abkhazia and South Ossetia?

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

You’ll probably need a map to find these two republics of the Russian Federation; I seem to recall them being in dispute when that Washington-backed freak from Georgia ate his tie…Watch for the cravat-munch one minute in.Whatever. Anyway, all you … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A fresh can of whup-ass from Calle 13

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Grab a can opener! Here comes some cool tunage from some VERY cool Puerto Ricans:And here are the lyrics, translated (very roughly by me):I was born looking up on the 23rd of FebruaryAfter I finished school, I became a rapperMy … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Meet the new mayor of Montevideo

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Hey everybody, sorry this is coming at you so late in the day, but I thought you might want to get to know this lady:Her name is Ana Olivera. She’s the newly inaugurated mayor of Montevideo, the federal district of … Continue reading →