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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Hmmmm, nice sabre!

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

On his recent trip to Russia, Chavecito got a warm welcome, complete with a Cossack sabre……whose heft and balance he seems to be checking here. Will it do for hacking through a jungle of archaic, backward legislation that’s still holding … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Chavecito in Russia

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

He was there on a working visit, but it’s still festive–he inaugurated the Simon Bolivar Latin American Cultural Centre in Moscow, and got a lot of love from the locals–especially some ladies who showed up wearing floral crowns in the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Gooooooooal!!!

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Evo and the great Diego Maradona are Chavecito’s guests of honor at the opening ceremonies of the Copa America soccer tournament this past Tuesday… Inauguración Copa América 2007 parte 1Uploaded by lbracci_copa Inauguración Copa América 2007 parte 2Uploaded by lbracci_copa … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Another grand opening for Chavecito

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

This time, it’s the new viaduct for the highway between Caracas and La Guaira:The old one broke down a while back, after years of sagging and buckling (known to previous presidents and obvious to anyone with eyes, but unaddressed.) Chavecito … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chesus is Risen!

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And boy, is he pissed. On a more serious note, yesterday would have been Che Guevara’s 79th birthday, if he had lived. Here are Eduardo Galeano’s remembrances of “El Comandante Amigo”:

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo plays ball

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

In protest of FIFA’s ban on high-altitude soccer games, Evo Morales recently laced up and played a rousing game at altitude, in sight of the beautiful Bolivian Andes: He played four games in one day, thus proving that altitude is … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Looky what I found!

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The only picture of Evo “Mr. Casual” Morales wearing a suit and tie! As you may have guessed, this was taken at his high school graduation in 1977. The ill-advised David Cassidy haircut was the height of fashion at the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The hottest boy of summer

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Who else would it be but Chavecito?Here he is, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the ALBA Games. I bet he’s got a smoking fastball.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: What are they saying?

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Pssst, Evo…that curvy redhead up there in Canada thinks we’re hot stuff!”

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A Bolivarian May Day

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito’s big speech on the International Day of the Worker, at the PDVSA plant of José Antonio Anzoátegui, celebrates the end of the petro-privatization drive of the 1990s as Venezuela gains sovereignty over its oil. No wonder the huge crowd … Continue reading →

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