Category Archives: Spooks

Happy Human Rights Day!

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“We will impose sanctions on those who defend human rights!” Once more, a Venezuelan cartoonist — this time, it’s Uncas — hits the nail on the head. And in honor of Human Rights Day, here’s another fine example of how … Continue reading →

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Further details on the Robert Serra assassination

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

It’s been just over a month since Robert Serra, 27, was killed along with his girlfriend, at his home in Caracas. Here are the latest details on the case, via Aporrea: Until now, Venezuelan authorities have not located the car … Continue reading →

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Argentine torturers took military courses in Spain — and vice versa

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

A cordial letter from the Spanish ministry of exterior relations to the Embassy of Argentina in Madrid. Note the date stamp: September 14, 1979. Even at the height of the junta’s horrors, Spain was awfully chummy with Argentina. Spain supposedly … Continue reading →

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Evo’s new diplomatic sweet spot

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Whoa, Evo’s lookin’ good…and I’m not just talking about those stylish threads he’s wearing (although those, too, are fabulous). With over 60% of the vote in the latest Bolivian presidential election, he’s riding higher than ever, and by now, only … Continue reading →

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Assassination: CONFIRMED.

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan justice minister Miguel Rodríguez Torres talks about the Serra case on his radio show. See that bar across the screen? It reads “Assassination Confirmed”. Meaning, the murder of deputy Robert Serra and his girlfriend, María Herrera, was NOT part … 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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Why was Robert Serra murdered?

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Robert Serra (at left, with hand raised) leads a PSUV delegation through a Caracas neighborhood. On Wednesday night, the parliamentarian — Venezuela’s youngest national-assembly deputy — was brutally murdered at home. On Wednesday night, Venezuela lost a bright, promising young … Continue reading →

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US asked Honduras to harbor old CIA asset, according to former president Zelaya

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Oh, oh. What have we here? Evidence that the United States of Amnesia (see no evil, hear no evil, admit no evil) was actually embarrassed enough about one of its old terrorist employees to try to fob him off on … Continue reading →

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Germ warfare, political coups, and the Venezuelan opposition’s latest gambit

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

By now, any watcher of the situation in Venezuela is all too familiar with the tactics of the local right-wing — which is to say, pretty much everyone in opposition to the elected president. Start vicious rumors, tell improbable lies, … Continue reading →

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More mass graves found in rural Venezuela

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Video by Aporrea, featuring an interview with a spokesman for the state of Barinas, Venezuela, on a shocking recent discovery made by peasants in the area who had recently been assigned plots of redistributed land on what used to be … Continue reading →

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