Category Archives: Festive Left Friday Blogging

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Campaign’s over in Ecuador…

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…and the world’s most crushed-on head of state was looking mighty fine, even if his voice was a wee bit rough: Oh, you want the story? All right, here it is… The presidential candidate for the Alianza País party, Rafael … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Le Spider-Man in Havana

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

You don’t see something like this every day…even in Cuba: French “Spider-Man” Alain Robert on Monday scaled the facade of the iconic Hotel Havana Libre in the Cuban capital, in what he said was a show of support for revolutionary … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evil, wicked Cuba does it again…

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This is big news. In other words: Don’t expect to find this in any major English-language media outlet soon. That Cuba has already developed four vaccines against different types of cancer is undoubtedly an important bit of news for Humanity, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: El Ecuadorable is looking good!

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

And not just in the obvious sense, either (although damn, dude is HOT). Get a load of his numbers as his re-election campaign kicks off: President-candidate Rafael Correa has 57% support among voters in Ecuador, according to the latest poll … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Social tourism wins big-time

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The spectacular Canaima national park of Venezuela, home of the tepuis (you can see some of them in the background), and of the world’s tallest waterfall. And just one of the many reasons why Venezuela has won an international tourism … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Solidarity is EVERYWHERE, bitches

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, Venezuela was not the only place where people were demonstrating huge support for a certain much-loved president who wasn’t well enough to take his own oath of office (yet!): That was, of course, just one European city. Here’s what … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Let the campaign begin!

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Supporters of Rafael Correa, the incumbent president of Ecuador, gather to mark the opening of the federal election campaign. More on that from the ANDES news agency: Thousands of citizens gathered in the area surrounding the Mercado Mayorista, in the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A poem by Tony Guerrero

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The other night, a Facebook friend had this link up on his wall. It’s a poem by Tony Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five, a group of antiterrorist agents jailed in the US as spies. Despite all talk of a … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Solstice, you heathens!

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Isn’t it nice to be a pagan and a rude infidel? We get spared all this silly apocalyptic crap that wasn’t going to happen anyway. No end-of-world panic or Great Disappointments for us. We get to hoist a tankard of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s back!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Never mind all the anglo whore media hype — oh sorry, “concern” — about Chavecito’s health. He’s fine and dandy after his latest trip to Cuba…as the faces of his welcoming committee above make clear: The president of Venezuela, Hugo … Continue reading →