Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

What’s good for GM ain’t so good for Venezuela

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Found something interesting and curious at Aporrea and just had to translate: “For 60 years, we of GMV have been working with Venezuela and its people; it’s our fundamental job to think of this organization as a great human team, … Continue reading →

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And this is why I call them SupposiTories

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Looks like the “new” Conservative federal government up here is getting old awful fast. They’re a minority, but they bully like they’re the only game in town, and a Globe & Mail editorial calls them on it: Last year, the … Continue reading →

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Letters from the Evil Dead

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Strange things dead paramilitaries write…and stranger things they reveal. From Aporrea, a little note that will make you believe that there IS life after death, especially for crime and scandal in Colombia: The ex-colonel of Colombian police, Danilo Gonzalez, who … Continue reading →

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Yon-Yon’s big yawn-yawn

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Poor Yon Goicoechea. Such a cute young guy, such high hopes attached…and what are they coming to? A few months ago, the Cato Institute paid him half a million dollars to spread neoliberal/neocon/neofascist crapaganda and astroturf all over Venezuela. Playboy’s … Continue reading →

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El Narco’s gonna want him dead

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Hebert Veloza, formerly known as “HH”, in the hands of the Colombian authorities. From Aporrea, a shocking revelation by a Colombian paramilitary leader, one that will surely put “El Doptor Varito” in an awkward position (as if he could get … Continue reading →

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Another young Ecuadorian attacked in Spain

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

El Ecuadorable is so not going to like this:Translation follows: The Spanish civil guard is investigating a video made on a cellphone in which one can see the beating of an Ecuadorian teenager by a Spanish girl. The hair-raising recording … Continue reading →

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Gonzalo Gomez attacked by anti-Chavez thugs

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This just in, from Aporrea: Just minutes ago we were informed that Gonzalo Gomez, co-founder of Aporrea and currently a member of the Regional Political Committee of the Capital District of the PSUV, was attacked by followers of Leopoldo Lopez … Continue reading →

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See what happens when you boogie with fascists?

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

You get poopy doody crappy assassination attempts everywhere in Venezuela! I hereby translate: Parliamentary deputy Luis Tascon denounced that the attempt on the life of ex-defence minister Raul Baduel, which happened last week, was perpetrated by radical sectors of the … Continue reading →

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No surprises here…

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Ho, ditty, hum, ditty…why am I not surprised at this? A man who opened fire inside a church, killing two people with a shotgun hidden in a guitar case, was frustrated at being unable to find a job and blamed … Continue reading →

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Evo’s watching his back, and how!

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Aporrea has a couple of interesting items. First, the helicopter “accident” of last week: The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, said on Friday that it was “surely not coincidental” that the helicopter loaned to him by the government of Venezuela … Continue reading →

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