Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

Music for a Sunday: Como candela que va…

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Inti Illimani (Chile) and Milva (Italy) pay tribute to a Venezuelan whom we should all know pretty well by now. Here are the lyrics: Simón Bolívar, Simón, Caracan American, the soil of Venezuela gave the force to your voice. Simón … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The Day Chavecito Got Out of Jail

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Painting by Hugo Chávez, while he was still a lieutenant-colonel in the Venezuelan army…and in the clinker for conspiring to overthrow a president who frankly had it coming. This week, on March 26, Venezuela celebrated a most unusual anniversary. That … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 10

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Howdy, folks. In today’s episode of VenOpIronía, we get something really interesting: an opposition deputy giving an interview not only on state TV (VTV), which allegedly “censors opposition voices”, but he reveals something the Chavistas among us have already long … Continue reading →

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So, a bus driver can’t be president, eh?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Well, these German bus drivers think differently: These interviews were conducted by a Venezuelan revolutionary group, the Frente Peumayén, in Berlin. The drivers think it’s cool that Venezuela has one of their own as head of state, and that you … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 9

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Good morning! And welcome to the latest edition of VenOpIronía, in which we find out that the Venezuelan opposition is now so Bolivarian, so very Chavista, that it is now doing exactly what it always (falsely) accused the Bolivarian, Chavista … Continue reading →

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Nicolás Maduro on the legacy of Comandante Chávez

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The current (and sure to be future) president of Venezuela recently gave an interview to the Venezuelan newspaper, Panorama, and shared some remarkable insights into Chavecito’s illness, his last days, and the extensive preparations that lay behind it all: When … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 8

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Journalist Earle Herrera, host of VTV’s Kiosco Veraz (Truth Kiosk), devotes the latest edition of his show to a strange phenomenon: One would think that since they have just three more weeks to go before the next federal elections, the … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 7

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Nicolás isn’t Chávez! Vote for me, comrades, because I’m the exact same!” Uh-huh…surrrrre. What’s this? Dirty corporatist tricks from the Majunche campaign? Yes! And look who else is involved…the richest man in Mexico, no less. Plus a whole bunch of … Continue reading →

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Who is Nicolás Maduro?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Cubadebate, a thorough (and very impressive) profile of the acting (and future!) president of Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro stands a robust 6 feet 4 inches tall, with black hair and a thick mustache. He drove a Metrobus in Caracas … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 6

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Alberto Nolia and Tania Díaz of VTV’s Dando y Dando discuss the latest efforts of Majunche Capriles Radonsky to usurp the mantle of Chavecito. Unfortunately for Majunche, the campaign has hit a major snag. Guess what that snag is… Journalist … Continue reading →

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