Category Archives: Found in Translation

Economics for Dummies: The “expert” opinion

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Translation: “The IMF says the economy will fall to a level ‘below zero’!”“Oh, what experts these guys are!”“In economies?”“No–in making them fall!”

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Ashy thoughts for a Wednesday morn…

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

I’m not Catholic, so this whole penitential post-carnival thing is kind of opaque to me. Rather than atone for sins (actual or imaginary), I prefer to do the right thing in the first place, if I can. Which means I … Continue reading →

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Yet another Magic Laptop story you won’t see in the whore media

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Here you go. First the video, in Spanish……and then, I translate the story for you: A captain and antiterrorist investigator of the DIJIN, the Colombian equivalent of the FBI, Ronald Ayden Coy Ortiz, who wrote the report on the computer … Continue reading →

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The wiki-wacky way to talk Argentino

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

So there I was, last night, googling around for silly stuff. I think I was looking for something on that perverted old freak Carlos Menem and his horrible facelift. (I suspect he had more than just his cheeks done, because … Continue reading →

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Suck my gas valve, bitches!

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, another example of Evo’s cojones in action. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, ratified on Saturday that he would not permit the opposition prefects and “civic organizers” to close gas valves for any reason. For this reason, he … Continue reading →

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Well, well, well. What have we here?

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This is too juicy to pass up. Aporrea.org, the Venezuelan news/opinion site I enjoy most, has uncovered some skulduggery published at an opposition forum called Noticiero Digital. It’s an e-mail from Alfredo Rangel, the director of the “Security and Democracy … Continue reading →

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The myth of happy racism

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Found a little item on Aporrea and thought I’d translate it and follow up with a few thoughts of mine own: Could it be that my black friends in the Venezuelan opposition don’t feel that they are being alluded to … Continue reading →

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Evo makes me giggle sometimes

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

He’d make you giggle too, if you heard him say things like this: The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, is concerned because he sees his Peruvian colleague, Alan Garcia, as “very fat and not much of an anti-imperialist”, as he … Continue reading →

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Let’s hear the anti-Chavez screamers explain this

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, a little tidbit but a revealing one: Against the editorial lines from Colombia and Venezuela that claim there is a “close” relationship between the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias, Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba, and the FARC rebels … Continue reading →

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Ecuador to enter ALBA?

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Could be! From Aporrea: The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, announded that next week, his country will decide whether it will join the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).[…]“We will make the decision next week. I don’t see any problems … Continue reading →

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