It's late and I'm sunburned, so let's get to this:
- First off, merry May Day to all. Workers in Venezuela were treated with a 15% increase in the minimum wage, while in the US it was certainly a big day after that racist, fascist bullshit Arizona law. But maybe not as big as in Honduras...read about it (and see the pics) from the irreplaceable Adrienne Pine at Quotha...more here.
- For what's been going on in ye ol' blogosphere, check out Otto while he plays catch up...we missed you...
- Does anyone else think this Chavez tweeter thing has been pretty boring?
- While we're on the internet in Venezuela, Chavez continued his crack down on the web. He's gone so far that, as Reuters says, "Internet use has blossomed in Venezuela during his 11-year rule, especially among the poor." Wait, whaaaaat?
- Remember how the US was all like "we support democracy in Honduras", well I guess enough time has passed now. Ambassador Llorens talks some trash about Zelaya...revealing what we already knew...the US didn't give a shit about "democracy" in Honduras, they just didn't want to look bad. Again, Quotha is on it.
- In Ecuador, Correa is planning on tapping Central Bank funds for development projects...good for him. "Why does a central bank that doesn’t even have a national currency need $2 billion in capital," Correa said. What's with autonomous central banks? Autonomous from what? Democracy?
- Evo nationalized some power companies....and the sky hasn't started falling yet, but don't expect "experts" to stop saying it will. Not like Bolivia had the best growth in South America last year or anything...
- Colombia presidential candidate admits to poking smot in college....the surprising part, it wasn't this guy.
- Setbacks for delayed justice...Brazil holds up amnesty law, Peru just goes ahead and lets murderers off the hook...
- Finally for some entertainment....Like graffiti? Check this out. My favorite, what's yours?
In solidarity,
Structurally Maladjusted
This one:
ReplyDeletehttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9G0fKYXiZWM/SxSY-qALyeI/AAAAAAAAAYc/e-6QR8BTDLs/s1600/10.-Jhoan-Bello.jpg
We've had Chavez & Co. on Twitter for years now. It was called AP & Reuters.
ReplyDeleteHours-long speeches condensed into shocking one-sentence headlines.
But I did break a promise to my bro, and joined Twitter just to follow the wicked one.
Chavez on Twitter is like seeing Castro in Adidas. It's bad, and bad-ass at the same time.
He needs to get M.I.A. on that bitch. Post nothing but Lady Gaga disses & links to profane revolutionary gangsta rap songs.
Occasionally, he could go all Alan Greenspan, & just post outlandish & cryptic shit. Have the world guessing whether he'll devalue or just straight-up invade Colombia.
As for graffiti, I like the sepia-toned work on the bottom-right: CLICK ME OR DIE!
At the very least, state-sanctioned vandalism should spruce up the place.
Escobar..exactly, now that is some tweeting I would be down on. Nice reference to M.I.A. also. Until I see something like that though, no tweeter for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd nice choices, Otto that's my personal runner-up.
Jakob
ReplyDeleteAdmire your George Clooney-esque resistance to fads.
Et al.,
Chavez avoids Twitter-induced international incident: CLICK ME OR DIE
Be honest...
How many of you thought he'd lose his cool & threaten to send the Los Zetas to her house?