Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

You can’t fire me, I quit!

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Ha ha…someone please tell Washington that they can’t expel an ambassador… A U.S. official said Friday that the United States is considering expelling Venezuelan ambassador in retaliation for the expulsion of the U.S. ambassador to Caracas.The move came after Venezuelan … Continue reading →

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Yankee Go Home, times two

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

So…Evo has ordered Philip Goldberg to pack his bags, and in solidarity, Chavecito has done the same with Patrick Duddy: President Chavez announced today that he has decided to send home the US ambassador, and has given him 72 hours … Continue reading →

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That Hugo Chavez–so paranoid!

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Um, yeah. So Chavecito’s always banging on about coup plans and other magnicidal nefarious plots being hatched against him? Well, now we know he’s not exaggerating or just making shit up. A little birdie sent Mario Silva, the host of … Continue reading →

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WSJ turns self inside out over Chavez, unions

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Ha, ha…the poor Wall Street Journal. When it comes to Venezuela, it doesn’t know which part of its britches to soil first. Should it slam unions, the usual conservative suspect for every economic thing that goes wrong anywhere? Or should … Continue reading →

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Guilt by association, or, Let’s all soil ourselves over that evil Hugo Chavez yet again!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Some days, the media are just too transparent. Get a load of what pooped in my e-mail box today thanks to Google Alerts:The Russians Are Coming! Cuban Missile Crisis Part Deux! No shit, Reuters actually spells it out! And Turkey’s … Continue reading →

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A prophet in her own country

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Amy Goodman’s arrest yesterday at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, may be just a sideline in the US, but in other countries, it’s big news. Aporrea, the popular Venezuelan news portal, made her story top of their … Continue reading →

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Well. That didn’t take long!

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Barely in office for two weeks, and already the new “moderate leftist” president of Paraguay is smelling something rotten in his country. You know you’re a real leftist when… President Fernando Lugo denounced a meeting which he characterized as “conspiratorial”, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Rafael Correa in the oilfields

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Jayzus. Do we really need more proof that El Ecuadorable is one smoldering dude? And the ‘Cito isn’t exactly chopped liver, either. But then, we already knew that.

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Finally, Juan Forero commits something akin to journalism…

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…with a lengthy piece on the parapolitical murders in Colombia.Too bad I beat him to the punch. More than once, I might add.And even worse, he still doesn’t connect all this to Alvaro Uribe, let alone Washington. The most he’ll … Continue reading →

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Two “prestigious” Chavez-haters get owned by a Russky

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Yes, folks, I’m talking about those two once-notable authors, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes, who have both decided to keep their names in the news by turning their pens to machetes in the name of right-wing hackery. Since it’s … Continue reading →