Category Archives: Chile Sin Queso

Michelle 1, Majunche 0

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Remember how, the other day, a certain twice-failed Venezuelan presidential candidate (and perennially failed governor of the state of Miranda) dissed the newly inaugurated president of Chile for not supporting his silly little putsch? Well, here’s her response to all … Continue reading →

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OFFS, CBC!

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Looks like the SupposiTories have won their war against our national news channel, eh? I remember the good old days when CBC used to just broadcast the news, from coast to coast to coast and from around the world. Nowadays, … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 44

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“Mom, is Maduro gone yet?” “Soon, honey!” (repeated three times) “Mom, is Maduro gone yet?” “Oh, just come to dinner already!” Ah yes. Those peaceful oppos. Still protesting peacefully, I see. Just look how lovely and polite they were to … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Presidential selfies, LatAm style

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Call them the anti-Kardashians. These are the people whose selfies we actually WANT to see, precisely because they’re not vapid and self-absorbed, seeking all the eyeballs all the time. They’re too busy doing great things for their countries. Like this … Continue reading →

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Manifesto in a Bottle: A Chilean prison camp’s history unearthed

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The Pinochet dictatorship sent thousands to prison camps in remote and hostile parts of Chile. Some of them disappeared permanently. Others, like these leftists, survived…and so did their message to the world, nearly 40 years later: At a meeting of … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 36

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh, Majunche. The harder you try to bring down the elected president, the more it backfires on you. Case in point: The video above. And here’s the story: On Tuesday, at 6 a.m., residents of Los Teques, capital of the … Continue reading →

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Media Luna-cy: Older than previously thought

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Everybody knows that the governors of the “Media Luna” (Half Moon) of the richest (and crookedest) regions of Bolivia first began to conspire in 2008, after Evo was in power (and as an attempt to get him out of power … Continue reading →

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Remembering Cantaura, 31 years later

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A poster from 2009 commemorating the victims of the “democratic” massacre of Cantaura, Venezuela, which occurred 31 years ago. This is all of a pattern with US interference throughout Latin America. While Argentina and Chile suffered openly under fascist dictators … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Manifiesto

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Bruce Springsteen pays a lovely tribute to Víctor Jara, the great Chilean folk singer who was murdered 40 years ago today. Here’s what he said (and sang): In 1988, we sang for Amnesty International in Mendoza, Argentina, but Chile was … Continue reading →

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Never forget.

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I will walk the streets again in what was bloodied Santiago, and in a beautiful liberated square I will stop to weep for the absent. I will come back from the burning desert and come out of the woods and … Continue reading →

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