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The perfect example of socialist production principles: Venezuela’s Venirauto

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:18:32 +0000

The Economist has a brief case study of automotive ineptitude SELDOM, since the day Adolf Hitler gave the order to produce the Volkswagen, has a car been given such an explicitly ideological mission. But the vehicles that roll, occasionally, off the production line at Venirauto’s factory, ...

Fausta posted 5 hours ago from faustasblog.com

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Ahmadinejad visits Evo and Hugo: 15 Minutes on Latin America

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:39:01 +0000

In today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, Ahmadinejad and his entrouage of 200 businessmen visit Bolivia and Venezuela . Related reading : Iran’s leader gets backing in friendly Bolivia Iran, Bolivia agree to cooperate on study of Lithium Iran’s Ahmadinejad arrives in ...

Fausta posted 2 days ago from faustasblog.com

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Hugo Chavez 'doubts' brutality of Idi Amin

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:03:20 +0000

Fresh from defending Carlos the Jackal Hugo Chavez managed to upset Ugandans on Sunday by claiming that Idi Amin was not as brutal as everyone made him out to be.

Shot in the Dark found this 4 days ago on telegraph.co.uk

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You Are Allegedly Reading the Corner -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:44:12 +0000

Tell you something funny -- but not funny/ha-ha. In Impromptus today , I talk about Hugo Chávez and his praise for Carlos the Jackal, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, and other lovely creatures. I link to an article from the Associated Press ( here ). But what I failed to notice, until this morning, ...

small dead animals found this 3 days ago on corner.nationalreview.com

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What does Hugo Chavez's fan club say about his latest craziness?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:28:32 +0000

Over the years, quite a few of leftist celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Danny Glover, Sean Penn, and Kevin Spacey have trooped down to Venezuela to express their admiration of Hugo Chavez. Maybe the next time that they're having a softball interview by the entertainment press, some reporter ...

Stones Cry Out found this 3 days ago on betsyspage.blogspot.com

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Hugo Chávez praises Carlos the Jackal

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:59:00 +0000

Hugo Chávez praises Carlos the Jackal

Theo Spark found this 5 days ago on timesonline.co.uk

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Hugo Chavez, cannibalism apologist

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Is Bruce Vilanch writing for Hugo Chavez now? 'Cause the Venezuelan leader's comedy material is pretty good lately: now he's a cannibalism apologist. In a recent speech, Chavez praised Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the late Ugandan dictator Idi "Butcher of Uganda" ...

Rantburg found this 6 days ago on boingboing.net

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Chavez asking Cubans to 'bomb clouds' amid drought

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:31:14 +0000

*Cubans to try to seed clouds in South American nation *Government criticized for poor planning in drought CARACAS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused ...

Babalú Blog: an island on the net without ... found this 11 days ago on alertnet.org

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Chavez now making clouds abort from the presidential palace

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:10:33 +0000

Remember how the other day Hugo Chávez was saying that he was having Cuban technicians bomb clouds for rain ? He proclaimed it on TV (video in Spanish) Well, Hugo Chávez claims he is now able to make the clouds abort by firing rays from a cannon housed at his presidential palace. ...

Fausta posted 8 days ago from faustasblog.com

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VIDEO Venezuela Franklin Brito’s hunger strike: 15 Minutes on Latin America

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:57:45 +0000

In today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, Franklin Brito, biologist, who recommended that farmers use a blight-resistant variety of yam instead of using the toxic pesticides that the mayor of Sucre municipality wanted, is on hunger strike. Here he explains his plight (in Spanish): ...

Fausta posted 9 days ago from faustasblog.com

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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez defends 'Carlos the Jackal'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +0000

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defended jailed killer "Carlos the Jackal" and several world leaders he says are wrongly considered "bad guys". In a speech to international socialist politicians, Mr Chavez said "Carlos", a Venezuelan, was not a terrorist but a key "revolutionary fighter". ...

Commonsense & Wonder found this 6 days ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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The Associated Press: The Chavez Diet: Venezuelans urged to lose weight

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:08:00 +0000

(AP) 14 hours ago CARACAS, Venezuela Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge. President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy to trim their waistlines. "I'm not saying fat women, ...

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Islamic militants and the drug trade

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:22:39 +0000

At the Washington Times, Islamic militants boosting role in drug trade The sea lanes of the South Atlantic have become a favored route for drug traffickers carrying narcotics from Latin America to West and North Africa, where al Qaeda-related groups are increasingly involved in transporting ...

Fausta posted 10 days ago from faustasblog.com

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