Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Bolivian oppos just as slimy and unscrupulous as their Venezuelan counterparts

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Well, well, well…what have we here? The vice-minister of the Interior and Police, Marcos Farfán, denounced former vice-president Víctor Hugo Cárdenas and his wife, Lidia Katari, for having provoked the people of Sank’a Jawira to occupy his rural residence last … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of Manuelito Rosalito El Bandito

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Haha. Venezuelan corruptos funny!

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Q. How can you tell a certain Venezuelan ex-general is lying?

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A. His lips are moving:Venezuelan ex-defence minister Raúl Baduel, ex-general, ex-constitutionalist, ex-Bolivarian and ex-friend of Chavecito, concocts a pile of bovine feces for CNN’s Spanish channel. He claims that when he was arrested (on corruption and contempt-of-court charges, not for … Continue reading →

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Justice 7 years later: The Venezuelan coup of April 11

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish; essential viewing for anyone who can understand and who wants to know what really happened that day. The media lies from the opposition side are still flying thick and fast. But in this interview with two of … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: The Verdict in Venezuela

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…is GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY as charged for three commanders of the Metropolitan Caracas Police (and eight of their subordinates): At noon on Friday, sentences were handed down for three commanders and eight officers of the Metropolitan Caracas Police, involved in … Continue reading →

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How to tell you’re not welcome somewhere

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This one’s just for all you shopping-mall developer types reading this…consider it fair warning of things to come:Behold, the façade of the Sambil mall being built in La Candelaria, a heavily populated but none-too-affluent part of downtown Caracas, Venezuela. I’ve … Continue reading →

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UN agrees: Porvenir WAS a massacre.

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

(Shamelessly stolen from El Ventarrón. It was too good to pass up!)A certain prefect from a certain Bolivian department is in the calabozo right now. Some kooky people in Miami (where else?) say he’s an unjustly incarcerated “political prisoner”. Well, … Continue reading →

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Whatever is to be done about that whole AIG thing?

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Great minds often think alike. Not necessarily in lockstep, but sometimes two different (and equally excellent) people come to the same conclusion. Take, for example, one of my long-time journalistic heroes, Joe Conason: The popular urge to claw back the … Continue reading →

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Half-Moon Madness: Not just some Bolivian thing, apparently

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Don’t come ’round tonight,‘Cause it’s bound to take your life–There’s a bad moon on the rise… –John Fogerty, “Bad Moon Rising” Just when you thought it was safe to go out walking in the moonlight, there’s a whole new band … Continue reading →