Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

How to tell you’re not welcome somewhere

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This one’s just for all you shopping-mall developer types reading this…consider it fair warning of things to come:Behold, the façade of the Sambil mall being built in La Candelaria, a heavily populated but none-too-affluent part of downtown Caracas, Venezuela. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Equal rights for all: Coming soon to Venezuela?

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Let’s hope so! From YVKE Mundial, a hot story about a bill currently before the legislature: The Organic Law for Gender Equity and Equality, which establishes legal cohabitation rights for same-sex couples, is about to go to a second reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Huguito Chavecito, Law-Law Land | 4 Comments

Who the hell are you calling “socialist”?

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Sometimes the bizmedia really crack me up with how far up their own butts they are. Case in point: this UPI story on Marketwatch, titled “Chavez may face Socialist condemnation”.So, who are they calling “Socialists”? Venezuela’s political opposition says it … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Newspeak is Nospeak, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | 8 Comments

Well. That didn’t take long!

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This comes as no surprise to me, but I can just smell the soiled pants from Washington and Miami already: The newly-elected government of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front in El Salvador is interested in strengthening ties with ALBA … Continue reading →

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In which Bina snorts derisively and rolls her eyes

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Oh, boo hoo. Once again, the Inter-American Press OWNERS’* Association has its collective diapers in a bunch: The Inter American Press Assn. (IAPA) wound up its mid-year meeting in Paraguay on Monday declaring that freedom of the press in the … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 2 Comments

Don’t look for this in the Washington Post

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Why?Because they only publish sensationalistic accusations against Chavecito and his family…but never proof that the accusations are unfounded.Happily, for that, you have me and my humble blog. I hereby translate: The Permanent Commission of the National Assembly has not encountered … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Chavecito on feminism

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Without the true liberation of women the full liberation of people is impossible and I am convinced that an authentic socialist should be also an authentic feminist.”–Hugo Chávez, in his weekly column

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Shocker: Peruvian ALBA houses have nothing to do with Venezuela!

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Hmmm, I wonder what Alan García says to this? The Venezuelan ambassador, Armando Laguna, in declarations to the foreign press in Lima, dismissed accusations made by a Peruvian parliamentary commission that the so-called “ALBA Houses” represented “an arm of political … Continue reading →

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ZOMG communism!!!

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Oh shit, that evil commie dictator went and nationalized Venezuela’s rice production! Oh shit oh shit oh shit…Oh. Wait. What’d the UN just say about Venezuela again? The representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Venezuela, … Continue reading →

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Chavecito shut-up redux

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Sabina Becker

I can tell Reuters just couldn’t keep this one to themselves… It’s something few people can tell Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: stop talking.Chavez, whose speeches often stretch five hours or more, said on Sunday his doctor told him to stay … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Under the Name of Spain | 7 Comments