Category Archives: Inca Dink-a-Doo

Mario Vargas Llosa, plagiarist?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Oh my, how potentially embarrassing. And just as he’s won the Nobel lit-prize, too: A writer has accused Mario Vargas Llosa of having plagiarized his 1978 book, The Death of the Goat, in his recent work, The Feast of the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Democracy Now in Cancún!

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Here’s Amy, talking with Evo today:“I prefer the dignity of the people to ‘Evo’s knee’.” Spoken like a true trouper.Transcript here. You won’t want to miss what he says about Cablegate, or the Nobel prizes. Evo’s sweet jabs at dumb … Continue reading →

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Viva Evo, FU CIA!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“If the press is a nest of thugs, let the walls speak!”Need a laugh this dreary Monday morning? Have I got the giggles for you… Bolivian President Evo Morales had a blunt message for the visiting U.S. Pentagon chief on … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on Mario Vargas Llosa

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Understand that writers are not necessarily good teachers, or even good people. – T. C. Boyle Hearing that Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel prize for literature this year was like hearing that a ghost had won it. That’s because … Continue reading →

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Jaime Bayly: Gay or not gay?

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Sounds like someone is flirting with confusion: Peruvian journalist and writer Jaime Bayly, who wanted to be a presidential candidate in 2011, said that his gay side was eclipsed when he revealed he would be a father for the third … Continue reading →

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Vargas Loser gets booed in Chile

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Shoulda stuck to what you were good at, Mario…And he shoulda stayed on the left, too. Then maybe things like this wouldn’t be happening to him now: The heckling of writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the abrupt appearance of the … Continue reading →

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What is this Israeli general doing in South America?

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Meet Brigadier-General (ret.) B. Ziv, International Man of Mystery…and mercenarism. Prensa Latina (via Aporrea) has some very pertinent questions as to what he’s been up to in Colombia…and what he could be up to in Peru: The possible hiring of … Continue reading →

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Venezuela, Peru: Compare and contrast…

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…the way they treat their indigenous:This 24-minute documentary (in Spanish) concerns an incident among the Yukpa in the Sierra de Perijá. You can read an English account about it here, in Venezuelanalysis. What struck me about this video is not … Continue reading →

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This one won’t be running off to Peru for asylum…

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelans carry the body of a comrade during the Caracazo. Caracas, Venezuela, late February-early March, 1989.…because he’s one of those responsible for an old massacre, and the people of Venezuela are anxious to see him brought to justice at home: … Continue reading →

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Culture vultures: Peru haz them.

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Oh, for SHAME:If you go to Peru to see the Gate of the Sun, you will be sorely disappointed. You have to cross the border into BOLIVIA. That’s where you will actually find Tiwanaku and this ancient indigenous landmark.If you … Continue reading →

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