Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on TwitterBe a Facebook FanTumble us!
 

Posted on April 23, 2009 | tags

 
 

U.S., World: The gifts just keep on coming from Venezuela and Hugo Chavez

  • As we noted the other day, Eduardo Galeano is a happy old man, as his 38-year-old critique of Western imperialism, “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent,” is still a top-15 book on Amazon a week after Hugo Chavez handed the book to Obama. source
  • Well now, Hugo Chavez has upped the ante, giving New Jersey … wait for it … an island! Petty’s Island, located between Philly and Camden, N.J., is owned by Citgo, the fuel company run by Venezuela, and features a couple of bald eagles. He wants to show us his love, guys! <3 source