Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

When psychotics psychoanalize a sane man

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Speaking from receiving-end experience, I know an effective therapist from a poor one. And the only thing that irks me more than amateurs playing shrink, is shrinks acting amateurish. Both together, though, drives me downright nuts. So when I saw … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Chavecito on Venezuela’s Jews

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This should lay to rest any residual bullshit about Chavecito’s so-called antisemitism. Here he is, on Yom Kippur, talking about Venezuela’s Jews and how they fit in to the multi-cultural, multi-religious mix of Venezuela:The last part is especially lovely. He … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Just for laughs

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Look! Chavecito made a funny:Urgh, that was a groaner. But not without a grain of truth…

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Music for a Sunday: “When the eagles crawl on the ground”

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This wonderful Alí Primera song goes out to the people of Venezuela today, as they mourn the sudden loss (on Friday) of William Lara, their former president of the National Assembly (and at the time of his fatal car accident, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Gotta hand it to Venezuela…

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And Chavecito certainly does. He was in the Caracas barrio of Petare today, handing out land titles to community organizations so that poor folks have more autonomy over their own homes:And of course, he was proudly wearing the flag as … Continue reading →

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Jaime Bayly: Gay or not gay?

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Sounds like someone is flirting with confusion: Peruvian journalist and writer Jaime Bayly, who wanted to be a presidential candidate in 2011, said that his gay side was eclipsed when he revealed he would be a father for the third … Continue reading →

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Good luck with that tour, Alejandro…

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…because something tells me you’re gonna need it, if this is any indication of the reception you’re bound to get in Venezuela:Basically, the mediocre Spanish singer is asking Chavecito for permission to enter Venezuela. (You may recall that he got … Continue reading →

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Guess who’s gonna lose on September 26?

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I’ll give you a broad hint: It’s the ones who have no platform, and nothing but stupid gimmicks. An opposition candidate in next month’s Venezuelan legislative elections is holding a breast implant raffle to fund his campaign, he said in … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito waxes poetic

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Did you know that Chavecito’s not just a president, he’s also a slam poet? Okay, that’s not his own poem he’s reciting there (with guitar accompaniment by the great Cuban folk singer, Silvio Rodríguez). It’s a poem by Alberto Arvelo … Continue reading →

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Crow is on the menu in Colombia lately

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

First it was Chavecito, now it’s El Ecuadorable heaping something black and feathery onto the plates in Bogotá. No, it’s not the chickens coming home to roost, it’s another bird entirely… The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, announced on Saturday … Continue reading →

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