Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

Music for a Sunday: Two you’re not likely to hear on commercial radio

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From Venezuela’s own Dame Pa’ Matala, my latest musical crush:“En favor de la paz”. Crazy hippie peacenikkery never sounded better! Stick around till the end and you’ll even hear a bit of German.And one whose chorus requires no translation. Something … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Chavecito phones in

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…and recites a poem he wrote to honor his friend and army comrade, Luís Felipe Acosta Carlez, who was ambushed and killed (Chavecito swears it was done by the then-infamous Venezuelan secret police, the DISIP) on March 1, 1989, during … Continue reading →

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More fun, frivolous analysis of the Venezuelan referendum

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Popular Venezuelan bloguero Okrim Al Qasal has some interesting insights for us into how last week’s referendum to remove term limits from the Venezuelan constitution went. Let’s follow his bouncing ball (with segments in bold type and indent translated by … Continue reading →

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Bad pennies have a habit of coming back…

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…in Spain:Yes, that’s an actual fascist salute. This was taken at an anti-immigrant rally. Apparently Bolivian migrant workers in Spain are facing unprecedented amounts of racist abuse as the economy falters and the nativists blame the migrants. Nothing has changed … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: What a popular victory looks like…

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…in Caricuao, Caracas: Caricuao celebró el triunfo del SIby Radioaporrea And here’s how it looks in La Carucieña, Barquisimeto:And this is what the formal part looks like:All in all, it looks rather lovely.

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Let me tell you how it will be…

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

First, a little mood music from the Fab Four:Now, on with the show. Via the comments section at BoRev’s piece on the Stanford Bank caper, I happened across this little item in Forbes, and in it, this: A group of … Continue reading →

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Referendum results and what they don’t mean

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

To look at certain maps, you might think that the entire region around Lake Maracaibo (a major oil-producer) was about to separate out and fulfill a certain US ambassador’s hope of it becoming “The Independent and Eastern Republic of Zulia”, … Continue reading →

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So, what’s Chavecito doing with that big election victory?

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Taking over the world? Dropping his opposition out of planes over shark-infested waters? Gassing the Jews? Nope… …he’s going into the cellphone bidness. With a little help from his Chinese friends. The factory is in Paraguaná, Falcón state, and is … Continue reading →

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Venezuelan journalists attacked by government goons!

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This happened yesterday morning. Where’s the IAPA? Where are Reporters Without Borders? Why are none of the Free Speechers denouncing this? Oh wait…the assaulted journos are from a community station that’s not out to unseat a legitimate government. And the … Continue reading →

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Guatemala, WTF???

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Jeebus, what is it with all these LatAm leaders visiting Cuba lately? First it’s the president of Chile, now Guatemala? What are you all, commies or sumpin’? Guatemala’s President Alvaro Colom is to start Monday his official visit to Cuba … Continue reading →

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