La hipocresía de Alvaro Uribe
BBC Mundo reporta las siguientes declaraciones de Alvaro Uribe en un artículo titulado «Crítica implícita de Uribe a Chávez en su último discurso ante el Congreso»: «Lo que no permitimos, aquello frente a lo que…
FARC in Venezuela: Uribe exposes Chavez
In what could well be the final nail in the coffin of Hugo Chavez international standing, outgoing Alvaro Uribe has acted on the pile of evidence of Chavez – FARC links he’s been sitting on,…
Hugo Chavez appoints FARC supporter as Venezuela Army Chief
El Mundo reports this morning that Hugo Chavez has appointed Henry Rangel Silva (pictured) as chief of strategic and operational command of Venezuela’s army. Rangel Silva was designated in 2008, by the U.S. Department of…
Open letter to Larry Rohter re Oliver Stone
Dear Larry, Your article about Hugo Chavez’s latest propaganda film by Oliver Stone & co. has so nailed it, that a chorus of apologists -paid and otherwise- of the Venezuelan Supreme Leader, are foaming at the mouth,…
Carta abierta a Larry Rohter sobre Oliver Stone
Estimado Larry, Su artículo sobre la última película de propaganda de Hugo Chávez por Oliver Stone & co. ha dado tan en el clavo, que un coro de apologistas -remunerados y no- del Supremo Líder…
New York Times exposes Gregory Wilpert & Hugo Chavez propaganda
There was a time, not long ago, when bloggers such as your truly were frantically exposing the turpitude, the sheer corruption, the conflict of interests, and the galloping fascism of chavismo: a cult based on…
Guadalupe Llori and justice in Ecuador
Early in 2008 I started working for the Human Rights Foundation (no longer there). One of the first assignments I got was to investigate the human rights situation in Bolivia and Ecuador, a couple of…
Libertad de expresion en #superpowernation
El encuentro global de twiteros y blogueros, denominado superpowernation y organizado por la BBC, ha comenzado. Estaremos discutiendo las problemáticas de distintos países. Tomado de Libertad de expresion en #superpowernation
Teme Colombia a Chavez?
Ayer tuve la oportunidad de asistir a la presentación, por parte del Vice Presidente de Colombia Francisco Santos Calderon, de un documental sobre la producción de cocaína en ese país, titulado «Sniffing the Forest». Debo…
ETA in Venezuela
Justice Eloy Velasco, of Spain’s High Court, indicted a number of ETA terrorists, and shed light on the professional relationship that some of them have with the Chavez regime. This has rattled the Venezuelan caudillo, who…