May 15, 2011 05:09PM
“Of course the Argentine Communists who gave the award don't have to live under Venezuela's press regime, and do not risk arrest like the Presidential…”
About: Chavez Receives Press Freedom Award in Argentina
December 21, 2010 12:37PM
“Weisbrot is the only economist left standing who believes in Venezuela's official figures about how they have reduced poverty. No actual review of these…”
About: Thoughts on the new year from the Island of California
September 25, 2010 02:35PM
“Excellent post! I particularly liked the comment that women can have babies, and men can have egos. True dat.”
About: Why Franzen is the Wrong Face for "Franzenfreude"
August 05, 2010 05:11PM
“Your take on Chavez is really pretty much a dreamworld, though to your credit you recognize his autocratic leadership. You seem not to be aware of any…”
About: Hugo Chavez vs Subcomandante Marcos
August 02, 2010 10:51PM
“Some of the proposed constitutional amendments were rejected by the voters, including the one which would allow for "community councils" to t…”
About: Venezuela's Chavez shows he's no dictator
July 31, 2010 03:27PM
“You are absolutely right that demonizing the source is a good way of avoiding the force of an argument. And you are correct that the right does it all…”
About: Typical Fascist Response To The WikiLeaks Story
July 31, 2010 03:23PM
“I am glad you are still "keeping an eye" on Chavez, though I don't for the life of me understand why you think there is anything at all democ…”
About: Assorted shit
July 19, 2010 11:26PM
“Chavez is unpopular in Venezuela. Recent polls put him in the low 30% in terms of popularity, and his candidate for Mayor of Caracas, the biggest city,…”
About: Chavez' Buffoonery Continues with Exhumations
July 16, 2010 06:57PM
“But now Chavez is arresting people for tweeting. Even in Venezuela, there should be freedom to tweet your own thoughts. http://open .salon.com/blog/jeff…”
About: The Facebook Protest, and Chavez on Twitter
July 15, 2010 04:00PM
“Much support for Chavez outside of Venezuela comes from people who hope to help the poor. Chavez' rhetoric is as a messia of the poor, and this is all…”
About: South of the Border and Beyond Reason
July 07, 2010 05:52PM
“It's sad that you resort to the usual tripe: "why don't you discuss the civil rights abuses of the Colombian government?" Well, for your info…”
About: The Buffoonization of Hugo Chavez
July 03, 2010 04:09PM
“Your original post claimed that the "Chavez=buffoon" was a meme created by the MSM. But dozens of Venezuelan blogs--not the MSM--have been tr…”
About: The Buffoonization of Hugo Chavez
June 30, 2010 04:17PM
“But of course the truth is that in Venezuela, President Chavez and his party repress journalists who had nothing to do with the coup attempt, but who…”
About: I’m a PROUD left-wing ‘censor’
June 30, 2010 03:54PM
“I saw Oliver Stone's film. It is ridiculous. It spends its time asking the various Presidents why they are so successful; there's very little actual re…”
About: Documentary Movies Coming This Summer
June 30, 2010 03:47PM
“Any reading of blogs of Venezuelans should convince you that the idea of Chavez as a buffoon does not come from the MSM. It is a quite common view in V…”
About: The Buffoonization of Hugo Chavez
June 07, 2010 12:19PM
“Marc said: "Profiling? It's a fact - statistics show that new drivers are almost twice as likely to have a collision in their first two years of d…”
About: New Jersey: Where profiling is not only legal, it’s mandated
May 27, 2010 10:03AM
“I understand profiling to be the application of consequences to an individual because of the perceived behaviour of their group. So, the thinking goes,…”
About: New Jersey: Where profiling is not only legal, it’s mandated
May 07, 2010 04:25PM
“This is really a very informative post. Thanks for your work on pulling all this information together, My only question is this: Does Rubio still have…”
About: The fall of Marco Rubio
April 16, 2010 06:49PM
“If Chavez were in fact progressive, and confronted by a wave of conservative violence aimed at overthrowing fundamental constitutional values, I'd agre…”
About: I LOVE ya, Hugo, BUT...
April 11, 2010 01:15PM
“Unfortunately, left-wing supporters of "revolution" too often end up in denial, as the whole process swings toward repression. In the thirtie…”
About: The Anti-Venezuela Election Campaign
April 11, 2010 12:58PM
“The Vice President of Chavez' Party, the PSUV, just resigned because he says Chavez listens only to himself. The Bolivarian website--aporrea---staunchly&# 8230;”
About: Voices of Participatory Democracy in Venezuela
April 11, 2010 12:44PM
“I don't know about the "world" giving Bush a pass--I myself consider him a war criminal, and said so at the time. And no, Venezuela isn't lik…”
About: I LOVE ya, Hugo, BUT...
April 05, 2010 04:41PM
“The point is that Chavez had no objection to trying a coup himself. It's not as if elections are sacrosanct to him, unless it's his own election. Here'… ;”
About: I LOVE ya, Hugo, BUT...
March 29, 2010 05:10PM
“I agree with you that the 2002 coup was wrong in principle and to be strongly opposed. I ALSO think that Chavez's own earlier coup attempt--against a d…”
About: I LOVE ya, Hugo, BUT...
March 27, 2010 03:01PM
“I used to believe that Chavez was progressive, but I now identify him more with Peron or Salazar than with the "left". His decision to rever…”
About: I LOVE ya, Hugo, BUT...
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