Category Archives: Paraguay, Uruguay

Festive Left Friday Blogging: In Cuba, it’s always the 26th

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It was 60 years ago today, Fidel Castro taught the band to play… Today is the 60th anniversary of the storming of the Moncada Barracks in Santiago, Cuba. It was led by a young lawyer who was not yet a … Continue reading →

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They are SO FUCKING PARANOID.

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Really. What more can I say when Evo Morales, of all people, has been denied permission to overfly four European countries, just because some nimnul thinks that Edward Snowden might be on board his plane (and he isn’t)? Or when … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, EuroPeons, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Paraguay, Uruguay, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

Rafael Correa connects the dots

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The crapaganda mafia of the North American media aren’t known for their honesty in reporting on Latin America. It takes nothing less than an interview with a Bolivarian head of state to set the record straight, and even then, who … Continue reading →

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Statement from HIJOS Paraguay on the sham election

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

From my Facebook feed this morning, a link of interest to those following the Paraguayan coup and sham election. It’s from HIJOS Paraguay, the Paraguayan equivalent of a similarly named group from Argentina comprised of the children of persons disappeared … Continue reading →

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Sham election seeks to legitimize coup in Paraguay

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Horacio Cartes, presumed winner of the Paraguayan presidential elections. Maybe we should put “presidential elections” in quotation marks, since what happened there isn’t to be confused with any semblance of real democracy. And because it’s actually a distinct case of … Continue reading →

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The unmitigated gall of a Paraguayan dictator

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Can you believe the nerve of this guy? The president of Paraguay, Federico Franco, called the death of Hugo Chávez a “miracle” today during a speech at a forum in Madrid. “It’s a miracle that Mr. Chávez disappeared off the … Continue reading →

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Election tampering in Paraguay

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So, has anything changed for the better since that coup that ousted Lugo in Paraguay last year? Why, no. Things have only gotten ugly and uglier. And in fact, according to one party leader, there’s worse and more in the … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Como candela que va…

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Inti Illimani (Chile) and Milva (Italy) pay tribute to a Venezuelan whom we should all know pretty well by now. Here are the lyrics: Simón Bolívar, Simón, Caracan American, the soil of Venezuela gave the force to your voice. Simón … Continue reading →

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RED ALERT: International fascists to meet in Argentina

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, a denunciation of what are sure to be nasty things to come: Our editorial desk has received a denunciation and alert regarding a no-good meeting which will take place in two Argentine cities, and which will involve the … Continue reading →

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The “mysterious” death of João Goulart

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It is well known that João Goulart, the popular left-liberal president of Brazil, was overthrown in a military coup that ushered in twenty-one years of fascist military dictatorship, replete with political prisoners (among them, the current president of Brazil, who … Continue reading →