Glass houses, Your Barackness.
Glass houses. President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties to Iran are heightening tensions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Monday responded by…
Huguito Chavecito
An Ecuadorable little satellite
A Russian Dnepr RS-20 rocket like this one will carry an Ecuadorian satellite into orbit next year. Sheesh. Those crazy Latinos, whatever will they do next? First Venezuela puts Simón…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: ¡Feliz Chavidad!
Just in time for the holidays, the latest decorations from Venezuela: Figurines of Chavecito, Simón Bolívar and other Venezuelan historic heroes decorate a nativity scene. Of course, Reuters chose to…
#RIPHugoChavez = #Twitterfail
Riddle me this: When is a Trending Topic NOT a trending topic? Courtesy of Patria Grande, here comes a wake-up call for all you internauts who love Venezuela, and who…
Peter Kent, ignorant SupposiTory hack
Q. How does one get to be Minister of the Environment without any scientific knowledge whatsoever? A. By being a faithful, appointed HarpoCon hack beforehand, and then coasting into office…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula’s new ‘do
First, it was Lugo; then, Chavecito. Now, a new South American head of state (pun intended) has gone bare: The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, shaved…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito likes…
According to Aporrea, Chavecito loves this Calle 13 song: It isn’t hard to see why. Brilliant lyrics, and a bang-on message. If you’re not crying by the end of it,…
Rosemary’s Boner
Poor Simon Romero. You just have to feel sorry for the guy. He doesn’t ever get out of the rich-folks’ ghetto of eastern Caracas, does he? Seems he’s found himself…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Healthy, handsome and back at home
Does this man look to you like he’s only got two years left? Or that he’s already had one ghastly near-death experience, allegedly requiring emergency kidney dialysis? Me neither. Suck…
Miami New Times fails again
Christ, what is it with news sources out of Miami? They may be close to the Caribbean, but for all their proximity, they still can’t report on Latin America for…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: The ghost of Chavecito
Who is this healthy, handsome baseballer, anyway? Shoot, that ain’t no one but the ghost of the man the Miami Hairball wants us to give up for dead. Hilarious how…
Dear Miami Herald: You are SO full of shit.
That’s Chavecito, on VTV today. Does he look to you like he’s at death’s door? No? Then you’re more observant than one Antonio María Delgado, crap reporter extraordinaire. I know…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: The hikers are home…
…and who do you suppose brokered their release from Iran? Yup, that evil villainous democratically-elected “strongman”, “dictator”, and whatever other stupid epithet you care to fling at his chemo-bald head.…
Tim Padgett, corruption apologist
Meet Leopoldo López…corrupto, violent agitator, and “popular” politician of the Venezuelan far-right. And apparently, the crushboy of a certain crap “reporter” for TIME Magazine… The Inter-American Court of Human Rights…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito, chemo, cheer
Chavecito’s now on his third round of chemo, but his cheer is unimpaired. And his hair looks like it’s starting to grow back, too.
Is the LAHT a bunch of Koch-suckers?
I’ve always had my suspicions about a certain crappy “news” outlet pretentiously calling itself the “Latin American Herald Tribune”. I never did trust it; there was something of a rightist…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Who is this?
Anybody recognize this skinny kid? Here’s a hint: 40 years ago as of August 8, he entered the Venezuelan military academy as an officer cadet. His original hope was to…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito, neither down nor out
On the contrary, he’s very much up and at it. And here’s the proof: The hair may be gone — for NOW — but the dimpled grin is still exactly…
The bald truth about Chavecito’s new look
Something’s missing in this picture of the president of Venezuela. But what? Oh, I know. It’s his hair! Like many a chemotherapy patient, Chavecito has opted for the quicker, tidier…