Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

Chavecito welcomes Noam Chomsky

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish, but you can hear the English translation if you listen with earphones.He calls him “one of the greatest defenders of peace in the world.” Chomsky’s response is characteristically modest. But his analysis is as astute as ever–Venezuela … Continue reading →

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Another day, another march in Venezuela

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Venezuela’s got a new education law in the works–the Organic Law of Education (“organic”, in this sense, refers to any law with a direct constitutional basis). To hear the screaming lamestream media up here tell it, there is widespread opposition … Continue reading →

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This one’s just for you, Carl…

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A couple of days ago, a flying monkey ‘winger calling himself Carl pooped on this entry here. I had written out a nasty little reply, but I’ve had sober second thoughts, and what’s more, I’ve a hell of a lot … Continue reading →

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Colombia gets cut off; Argentina gets cut in

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito may have sent an ambassador back to Bogotá, but that doesn’t mean Colombia is off the hook. Chavecito simply found a better way to punish his worst neighbor, one that hits hard in the pocketbook: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: The Lede catches Teh Stoopid

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Quick, everyone, tell me what this is a picture of:If you said “two leading Cuban revolutionaries proving that golf isn’t as bourgeois as Hugo Chávez says it is”, go straight to the corner and put on your dunce cap. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Headline Howlers, Huguito Chavecito | 2 Comments

One more oppo kvetching-point gets shot down in Venezuela

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Yep, it’s that old “insecurity” thing. The opposition claims Chavecito isn’t doing enough about violent crime, especially in the densely-populated lower-class neighborhoods of Caracas. (Never mind that some of them elected oppo mayors, supposedly to address this problem. Said mayors … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: I love a man in uniform

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito may have been out of the army lo these many years, but……that doesn’t mean he can’t still don a uniform from time to time. Or look muy sabroso in it.

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Headline Howler: The Beeb fumes at Chavecito

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Honestly, what can you say about a headline like this…Chavez fumes at neighbour Colombia…other than that it’s just pure dumbassery, since nowhere in the piece that follows is there even a suggestion that the president in question is “fuming” at … Continue reading →

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Venezuela: What? No new media law? Then why all the fuss?

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

So here I am, sifting through the junk in my inbox, still stupidly wondering why I’m getting garbage like this, or this, or this. When I know full well that the truth about Venezuela’s alleged “new media law” is this: … Continue reading →

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Chavecito puts the chill on Colombia

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Played around when I was goneThen I got hip to what went onWhen I returned I left no doubtI kept my cool and threw you outAnd now you come with heart in handYou’re beggin’ me to understandI see you’re ripe … Continue reading →

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