Category Archives: Festive Left Friday Blogging

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Fidel among friends

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Leaders from all over Latin America and the Caribbean converged on Havana this week for the CELAC summit. And some of them made time to pay a visit to an old friend who is no longer president himself, but still … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Hmmm, let me think…

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Sabina Becker

…do I really want to do an FLFB entry today? Oh. Wait. I do: Posted because this is a nice photo of Gustavo Petro, and I like it. And there’s some good news on the horizon for him, too. It … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Birthday, Rigoberta!

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Today’s birthday girl knows all too well what it’s like to put up with things one shouldn’t, from massacres of her own people, to an intense right-wing defamation campaign against her, the like of which has never been endured by … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Not bad for an old Tupamaro!

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

First FLFB post of the new year goes to…Pepe Mujica, for a positively brilliant contribution to South American economic integration: The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has offered Bolivia and Paraguay the use of a harbor on the Uruguayan Atlantic … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Last word of the year goes to…

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…Madurito, the president who undoubtedly had the toughest first year of government ever, and who is closing out the year on a high note nonetheless: 2014 will be “a year of more socialist revolution, of the people, of real democracy,” … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo in China

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Sabina Becker

What’s Evo doing in Beijing this week? Oh, nothing much… Bolivian president Evo Morales signed three economic aid agreements, totaling 204 million yuan ($35 million US), in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the Great Palace of … 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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Festive Left Friday Blogging: One for the ages

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro…revolutionary leftists. Remember that when you see anyone trying to co-opt Madiba for right-wing political bullshit. Or neoconservatism of any kind.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Apropos of nothing

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In case anyone forgot what day it really is.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: In the footsteps of the Comandante

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

At an official grand opening in Valencia (Carabobo) recently, there was a silent but very popular guest of honor: While Madurito was carrying on in his predecessor’s vein, opening highways and housing projects financed by the state’s oil revenues, Chavecito’s … Continue reading →