Tag Archives: FARC

Let’s play “Whose Quote is That?”

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

Ready everyone? OK. Who described Hugo Chávez as a “deceitful and divisive president who lacked the resolve to organize himself politically and militarily”? Give up? The answer’s here. And boy, the words “read the whole thing” were invented for that … Continue reading →

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May 10th: Save the Date!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

 On May 10th, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London is publishing a massive dump of never-bef0re-published Raul Reyes laptop docs: courtesy of a leak-cum-final-parting-fuck-you-from-Uribe-to-his-onetime-protegé. Now that FARC is pretty much licked and evicted from the Venezuelan side of … Continue reading →

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“When two leaders fight, it’s their peoples who suffer in the end…”

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Juan Manuel Santos says he knows for a fact there are no more FARC camps in Venezuela. Think about it – that’s huge! Santos continues to far exceed the expectations of those of us who’d feared a presidency of maximalist … Continue reading →

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Santos Does His Job; Venezuelan Reactionaries Blanche

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

It’s fun to see the horrified responses in bits of Venezuela’s further-right-wing blogosphere at Juan Manuel Santos’s newfound partnership with Chávez. Some of these guys just can’t believe the guy who was supposed to be to the right of Uribe … Continue reading →

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