Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

Statement from HIJOS Paraguay on the sham election

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

From my Facebook feed this morning, a link of interest to those following the Paraguayan coup and sham election. It’s from HIJOS Paraguay, the Paraguayan equivalent of a similarly named group from Argentina comprised of the children of persons disappeared … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Spain vs. Venezuela

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

My translation: More than 400,000 families have been thrown out of their homes in Spain since 2008. VENEZUELA: Misión Vivienda (Mission Housing) has benefited 223,374 families since 2011. Didn’t you say that the communists were coming to take away your … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: It’s official now…

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ladies and gentlemen…the president of Venezuela, NICOLAS MADURO: That’s Chavecito’s daughter, María Gabriela, helping National Assembly president Diosdado Cabello put the sash on her dad’s successor. It’s now official, legal, signed, sealed and delivered. And frankly, nobody cares what those … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 19

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Howdy, everyone! Yes, there’s more irony to note today. And here, to start us off, is Mario Silva of La Hojilla, introducing our old pal, MariCori: As usual, Maria Corina Machado is utterly without shame, and without a sense of … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: The blame in Spain falls mainly on the…Egyptians?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Spanish crap-media outlet ABC.es has failed again in its efforts to smear Bolivarianism. This time, their Venezuela “correspondent” (read: HACK) has tried to pass off a rather famous picture of an Egyptian woman being abused by soldiers in Cairo as … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Venezuelan election: Two vital perspectives

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Don’t worry, Nicolás, don’t worry, Venezuela — we already know where the coups come from.” The commentariat at Aporrea is full of theories and denunciations about how the hell Henrique “Majunche” Capriles Radonski could have picked up, or picked off, … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: It’s always opposite day at The Economist

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ugh, how disgraceful. Don’t you people hire fact-checkers anymore? It’s not like you don’t have the cash…although at this rate, you may soon lose so much readership that you end up in serious financial trouble. Here, let me fix that … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 18

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Photo tweeted by opposition TV channel RCTV, showing supposed incineration of Sunday’s election materials. Only it’s not from Sunday… Hidey-ho, good readers! And welcome to another chapter of VenOpIronía, in which everything old is suddenly new again. And in which … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 17

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“And then they’ll buy a new pot with their pension money. Lack of maturity…” Hello, and welcome to the latest ironic chapter in the ongoing chronicles of the “peaceful” Venezuelan opposition. Just as predicted, the fascist thugs of JAVU & … Continue reading →

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One more reason to piss on Thatcher’s grave

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Just in case you needed one, here you go: The evil old bat was also part of putschist plans against Venezuela. I was alerted to this story by a piece on Aporrea yesterday, which is basically an abbreviated translation of … Continue reading →