Category Archives: Mexican Standoffs

El Narco’s perpetual war

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember this guy? The one who’s so obsessed with waging war against the FARC in Colombia that he got up his own right-wing paramilitary army to murder local campesinos and blame it on the guerrillas? Yeah. HIM. Well, guess … Continue reading →

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Photo du jour…

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Seen in the Mexico City area: Other people write things like WASH ME. This jokester wrote: “This ashfall was just a warning. I urge a human sacrifice. Any jackass will do. I propose Peña Nieto. Sincerely, El Popo” El Popo … Continue reading →

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What is Enrique Peña Nieto hiding?

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Sabina Becker

His suit is baggy; his face is saggy. He’s missed a lot of scheduled appearances. It’s apparent that the president of Mexico is not a well man. But there’s no official word as to what’s troubling him. So unofficial word … Continue reading →

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Mexican cardinal thinks priestly pedophilia “shouldn’t be published”

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Ah, Mexico. So close to the gringos and so far from Jesus. Sure, you’ve had more than your share of priests molesting kids over the centuries and all, not to mention the embarrassment of a rather prominent Mexican priest and … Continue reading →

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Calle 13: Shut out at the Latin Grammys for political involvement?

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Did this t-shirt cost René Pérez (at left) a TV appearance? If his remarks are any indication, then the answer may well be yes: “They asked me not to talk about Ayotzinapa,” said René Pérez, vocalist of Calle 13, last … Continue reading →

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Robert Serra names his assassins

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Who says dead men tell no tales? Not I. And not the Argentine journalist Fernando Vicente Prieto, who wrote the following article for the Correo del Orinoco about the recently slain young Venezuelan deputy, Robert Serra: It’s been 48 hours … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The Internationale kills fascists at U of T

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Wow. Amazing what one little song can do…especially when it’s sung by socialist students in the face of a bunch of whiny cowards, eh? Comrades from the Revolutionary Student Movement, the Proletarian Feminist Front, and the Proletarian Revolutionary Action Committee … Continue reading →

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Manuel Zelaya speaks out: “The president of Honduras is John Kerry”

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Sabina Becker

This man is the last true democratically elected president Honduras has had. Five years ago, he was deposed in a violent military putsch, backed to the hilt by Washington. Manuel Zelaya was sent into exile, very much against his will, … Continue reading →

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Sad meme of the day

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Sadly, I was doing this, too…and I’m German! I only caught the tail end of the match, which I half-watched on the little kitchen TV while I prepared some snow peas from my garden for the freezer. I did NOT … Continue reading →

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Right-wing Mexican politicians arrested for sexual assault in Brazil

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Well, well, well. What have we here? A couple of hooligans, natch. But these are not just any soccer-stadium creeps. These guys have some pretty high connections in Mexican government: Four Mexican soccer fans face a sentence of up to … Continue reading →

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