Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

Shhh!

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Don’t look now, but it appears that Chavecito’s economic ideas have some support from a, shall we say, highly unexpected quarter: The Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has endorsed an ambitious plan by Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez, to create a … Continue reading →

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IAPA is at it again…

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And this time, it looks like they may have the otherwise useful and non-idiotic Editor and Publisher on side: Top officials of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) believe pressure from the Hugo Chavez government is behind a Venezuelan hotel’s … Continue reading →

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They could learn a thing or two from Venezuela

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From Straight Goods, two interesting articles on Alberta and its oil. Numero Uno notes that Ontario’s oil addiction is fueling Alberta’s polluting ways, and reviews a bomb-throwerish book whose basic thesis is that Albertans are stupid for polluting so much … Continue reading →

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How to explain THIS away?

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Well, if you’re Gallup, you’ll blame it on the phrasing of the question and/or the dumbness of your sample population, and thus discount the obviously disquieting (to a capitalist!) answers they give you: On many issues affecting day-to-day life, Venezuelans … Continue reading →

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April 13: How people power rescued a president

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

13ABRILUploaded by Guarataro A new documentary from Avila TV, a community station in Caracas, Venezuela. A stylish mash-up of footage from the coup of ’02, interviews with young Bolivarian activists, murals and other artworks, and a hip-hop soundtrack. In Spanish.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: What time is it, Mr. President?

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Sabina Becker

It’s Chavecito time, of course! Tick tock.

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They just never stop.

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

They’re not just out for Chavecito’s blood, but for that of anyone who forges alliances with him. Aporrea reports that a coup was plotted for Ecuador, but one very high-level intended perpetrator wouldn’t go through with it: The former president … Continue reading →

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What? No Chavecito?

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Aw, shit. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who last year called U.S. President George Bush the devil in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, has decided not to attend this year’s meeting. Chavez will send Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro … Continue reading →

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Kevin Spacey: Another Chavista?

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Sure looks that way!According to Aporrea, the actor was in Venezuela yesterday to meet with President Chavez. Spacey is another strong critic of the Bush regime, and interested in the Bolivarian revolutionary process in Venezuela, like Sean Penn, who recently … Continue reading →

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