Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

“Constitutional” coup d’état in Paraguay. Film at 11.

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Sorry, folks, no Festive Left Friday entry this week. Your Aunt Bina is feeling more restive than festive tonight, because the shit has officially hit the fan in a certain landlocked South American country, famous for its maté and its … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A new monument to Che

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A plaque marking a special place in Venezuela where Che Guevara himself set foot in the early 1950s, on the Collado del Condor in the Venezuelan Andes, was unveiled today, on the 84th anniversary of his birth, and the 60th … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Another nice “just because” photo

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito as a (seriously cute) young army officer: Found on Facebook yesterday. Posted today because it is super, SUPER nice. And I really, REALLY like it.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva Lula!

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito is not the only popular Latin American leftist president fighting the good fight against cancer, and it looks like one of his compadres in that and many other struggles is, like him, battling his way back on more than … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Aló Presidente turns 13!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A brief look back at the first episode of Chavecito’s call-in TV/radio show, Aló Presidente. On Venezuelanalysis, Mexican philosopher Fernando Buen Abad tells us why this show is so significant, and why it needs to go further: Perhaps one of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva Repechaje!

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The man with the megaphone calls himself Repechaje, and in the afternoons he can be seen rapping in the Plaza Bolívar, Caracas, expounding on his support for Chavecito, the dangers of US imperialism, the political interference of the archbishops (and … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Two years on the tweeter

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A little birdie told me that someone is celebrating his second anniversary on a certain microblogging platform tomorrow: And that means it’ll be two years on there for me as well, since I joined shortly after Chavecito did. What’s most … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: It was ten years ago today…

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play: Actually, the Venezuelan people didn’t need no stinkin’ band. They rescued their president from a US-backed coup attempt with no outside help whatsoever, and with him, their democracy. The State Dept. would … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evil Dictator Makes Venezuela Happy!

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Film at 11. Meanwhile, the story: Last Friday, the Washington Post highlighted a global happiness survey released last year by the polling firm Gallup, which found that Venezuela is the fifth happiest country in the world. According to the poll, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: René González comes home, and so does Chavecito

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Sabina Becker

René González, a Cuban anti-terror agent (and one of the famous Cuban Five, imprisoned in the US on espionage charges) gets a supervised leave of absence to visit his sick brother back home. As you can see in the video, … Continue reading →

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