Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

Chavecito’s gloves come off

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Anyone who’s been following Venezuelan politics of late has surely heard of Manuel Rosales, a.k.a. “Burusas”, a.k.a. “The Philosopher”, a dumbass from Zulia who mangles popular sayings and can’t do his own math. For some strange reason, the selfsame dumbass … Continue reading →

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They call this “progress”?

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Just another proud moment in Latin American progress: the death of Che Guevara. No, US interference wasn’t behind that one, either.Will someone kindly inform John Podesta that his think tank has run out of gas? The Center for American Progress … Continue reading →

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Guido Antonini: Big, fat liar. (Brief)case closed.

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you’ve been following the Guido Antonini Wilson/briefcase-fulla-dollars story at all, you’ll already know that the man is (a) mobbed up; (b) very anti-Chavez; and (c) so full of shit that it’s starting to ooze out his ears. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Money as Debt

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Okay, class, here’s your weekend assignment: Watch this 47-minute video. Don’t mind the cheesy animation; pay attention to the very simple lessons contained therein. If you do, you might just end up understanding the whole US (and world) credit crisis … Continue reading →

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Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Ha ha. I think FAIR is thinking what the friendly BoRev guy is thinking.

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A puzzling crime, some intriguing leads, and some usual suspicions

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Sabina Becker

According to Venezuelanalysis, the recent murder of Julio Soto, a “student leader” of the Venezuelan opposition is now under federal investigation. And sadly, the incident may yet again end up being politically twisted out of shape:

[…] President Chávez directly ordered government security forces to solve the case as soon as possible. The Minister of Justice and the Interior, Tarek El-Aissami, designated an investigation team from the national Criminal, Scientific, and Penal Investigations Body (CICPC) to take the case Wednesday.
CICPC Director Marcos Chávez said it would be premature to reach conclusions, but it is presumed that Soto was shot to death by hired assassins Wednesday afternoon while driving a truck. A passenger in the truck was shot in the leg and is being treated in a hospital.
Cilia Flores, the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN), said the AN “profoundly laments the death of this young man,” and warned against partisan manipulation of the murder of Soto, who was an active member of the opposition party COPEI.
“Independently of political tendency, all Venezuelans should reject those who make a partisan scheme out of this,” said Flores. “We are not going to fall into that game.”

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A four-way dimplefest

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Sabina Becker

It was all smiles for Chavecito, Evo, Lula and El Ecuadorable at a recent summit in Manaus, Brazil. The great news from this one? The Bank of the South, Bancosur, will open in December, and will probably provide a huge … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: Another Reuters schmuxtaposition

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh lordy-loo. You just can’t make this shit up: “Let the U.S. empire end and let a great nation and great republic rise from the ruin … It’s time to shout ‘Liberty!’ again in the United States,” Chavez said, calling … Continue reading →

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Chavecito anti-American? Shyeah, right.

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Unfortunately, the man’s own words, taken straight up, undercut every bullshit thing that’s ever been said about him (usually by people mistranslating him or taking him out of context, or just plain old making shit up). So here he is … Continue reading →

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I’ve been IncaKola’d!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Shucks, folks, I’m speechless again.Otto has also added me to his blogroll (muchas gracias!), which is the first time I’ve been blogrolled by a finance wonk, to my knowledge anyway.And he really made my day with this hot ‘n’ juicy … Continue reading →

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