Blogging the democratic revolution
Daniel in Venezuela has taken more photos on the road from Yaracuy state to Valencia, and he’s noted the rising tide of human misery along Venezuela’s barren, decrepit highways. Instructure is crumbling while scavengers grow around the dumps in the rural landscapes. I saw this myself in Venezuela on my way through the countryside. It…
International Workers’ Day, known to most as May Day, was originally invented by the labor unions to celebrate the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago that resulted in the institution of an eight-hour workday. Since then, it has been hijacked by radical communist groups bent on overthrowing the “evil” of capitalism. After the Red Scare,…
The trial of 9/11 conspiracist Zacarias Moussaoui has come to a dramatic end, with the jury deciding that he will receive life in prison instead of the death sentence. Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted for involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks, will be sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after a jury…
Need some good news? Click on Boz’s poll roundup for the first bright item on Mexico’s election, where the good guy seems to be squarely in the lead. He’s also got new polls from Guatemala, Peru, and Colombia, plus a suspect poll from Venezuela’s own Hugo Chavez himself. The Chavez poll is interesting, Chavez is…
Alvicho at Off Topic notices a creepy similarity here. I dare you to argue with it!
With the nationalization of Bolivia’s energy resources, the two biggest victims in this are socialist Brazil and socialist Spain. Franco, I am still waiting for you to give us word from Spain on this Bolivian travesty, so in the meantime, consider Brazil: Evo Morales is determined to play approximately the same tormenting role to Brazil…
There’s something kind of creepy I notice once in awhile when I look up which keywords are bringing in traffic at Publius Pundit. Whenever some group of indecent words comes up, like ‘nude, Ugandan, women’ or ‘naked, Iranian, babes’ or ‘Swedish, sex, slaves’ – more often than not, the person doing the search is flagged…
After the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan over a year ago, the country has pretty much dropped off the radar. Beside working on reforms in the structural institutions of the country, and President Bakiyev wanting the U.S. to pay more for the Manas air base, not much is going on. Until lately. Bakiyev hasn’t proven himself…
Uruguay has broken free from the Chavez orbit. It’s exiting Mercosur, the trade bloc that is a good idea in concept, but in reality not so good for a little state like Uruguay. It’s dominated by Brazil and Argentina, and while Brazil is never a problem, Argentina is. It’s also got Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in…
I got back from the La Brea evening protest. This was the second one that wasn’t the early morning’s coercive boycott, but instead a real show of presence for the immigrants who feel most strongly affected by coming Congressional efforts to deal with immigration. It was endorsed by Cardinal Mahony and Dolores Huerta, and reportedly…
Right after signing a hellish pact with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel Castro of Cuba, Bolivian President Evo Morales signed a decree nationalizing the natural gas fields of Bolivia. Color this country gone as a serious energy player now. Morales sent in troops to take over the assets of companies like BG, Total, Petrobras…
???????America is a nation of immigrants!??????? ???????America is the melting pot of the world!??????? America is whatever we want it to be. It is once in a blue moon that we discuss American politics here at Publius — the much looked-over world of frozen separatist conflicts, democratic movements, and Hugo Chavez keeps us pretty busy….
Italian communist groups helped kill 3 Italian soldiers in Nassirya I reported about here. An article on L’Opinione reports (in Italian) that anti-globalization and communist groups based in Italy, among which is the infamous “anti-imperialist camp” (that collecting “Euros for the Iraqi resistance”) coordinated with Islamic terrorists in Iraq to attack our troops in Nassiryiah….
Blogging live from Los Angeles – on a too tight schedule and deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. Here’s what is going on on this Day Without An Immigrant: 1. Highways very quiet, no blockages, but traffic rushing through as if everyone expects some and wants to get to work first. The Santa Monica freeway (10) is especially…