Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

I don’t know who Calvin Tucker is…

…but I think I like him. He just handed Phil Gunson his ass over all that anti-Chavez crapaganda: In contrast to Rory Carroll’s rich man’s paradise, Phil Gunson paints a picture of Venezuela as a sort of modern Orwellian nightmare, … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Rock ’em, sock ’em, Chavecito!

As Venezuela’s election day, December 3, draws near, Chavecito sightings abound. And sometimes it’s not even him in the picture…or is it?

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What is Phil Gunson smoking?

Whatever it is, he needs to put it down. It’s messing with his head, and the result ain’t pretty: Tariq Ali thinks the “Bolivarian” regime of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela is “reminiscent of Roosevelt’s New Deal and the policies of … Continue reading

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Chavecito, you need more stadiums…

One more infrastructure project to put that well-earned political capital (and oil money) into, eh? Well, if it prevents “emergencies” like this, it will be worthwhile… Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has opened a military air base which was at the … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The Last Man on Horseback

A musical tribute from Chavecito to his legendary great-grandfather Pedro Perez Delgado, a.k.a. Maisanta:I don’t know what impresses me the most here: that Chavecito has honest-to-Goddess revolution in his blood (with great-grandpa a shit-disturbing guerrilla, it’s historically inevitable); the fact … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Does this love bug you?

Too effin’ bad, gringo! Carlchucho rules!Compared to all the dirty trickery going on in the US (and, with Washington’s hefty financing, on the side of the anti-Chavistas as well), this is one helluva contrast. Or, as yer grandma might say, … Continue reading

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Another opportunity for Lula to learn from Chavecito

From the Beeb, some interesting words on the newly re-elected Lula and what his mandate could mean: Brazil’s newly re-elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has set out priorities for his second term. In television interviews, he said the … Continue reading

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A quickie double-header

Nikolas Kozloff has responded, after some delay, to Roger Lowenstein’s NY Times hit-piece on him, his recently published book, and (predictably) its subject, Hugo Chavez. He takes on the talking points in the same substantive manner as I did some … Continue reading

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Astonishing!

A Bloomberg news article, of all things, manages to take an objective, nonjudgmental tone (or something reasonably like it) on the Venezuela-Cuba relationship. It’s too long to excerpt meaningfully here, so I’ll just give you the link.

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Be-bop-a-Lula!

He’s Brazil’s baby! Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been re-elected in a clear victory, polling more than 60% of the vote against rival Geraldo Alckmin. In a victory speech, Lula said he would govern for all Brazilians … Continue reading

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