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Luladinejad

War in Context (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

Luladinejad By Pepe Escobar, RealNews, November 24, 2009

Escobar drug cartel in new crime probe

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

COLOMBIAN officials say they may reclassify some crimes committed by the cartel led by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar as "crimes against humanity," allowing them to continue to prosecute the offences.

• Drug cartel probed for 'crimes against humanity' - France24

Pepe Escobar: Luladinejad

baithak (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

baithak has an aura. sheesha, fireplace, bulging bookshelves, rugs, divan takias and more...

Red Sox News 11/25: Scuturo, Escobar, Halladay

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Boston Herald, Micheal Silverman – Silverman says the Red Sox have expressed interest in FA short stop Marco Scuturo and SP/RP Kelvim Escobar. Scuturo has a solid year in 2009 with the Blue Jays, but he posted career numbers in double (35), homers (12), average (.282) and OPS (.789) at age 34… He made just over [...]

Red Sox Express Interest In Scutaro, Escobar, And More

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald says the Red Sox have kicked the tires on many free agents already, with Marco Scutaro and Kelvim Escobar the newest names. Others include Rafael Soriano, Matt Holliday, Rick Ankiel, Adrian Beltre, John Lackey, Aroldis Chapman, Billy Wagner, Mike Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez, and, of course, Jason Bay. Silverman cautions that not all names connected to the Red...

Dissident, 80, hurt in police crackdown

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Alfredo Guillaume, an 80-year-old dissident, says he was beaten by a member of the government's rapid response brigade last weekend during an attack on Reinaldo Escobar, husband of blogger Yoani Sánchez, at a university book fair in Havana's Vedado district.

China bemused by flat Europe

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Pepe Escobar Asia Times "In theory, Europe now has a unified voice. But while Europeans were expecting bubbly champagne, they were handed flat cola in the form of the new European Council president, Belgian Herman van Rompuy , and quasi-EU foreign affairs minister, Baroness Catherine Ashton. China might well ask the immortal Henry Kissinger question : " Which number do I dial when...

Winter League Update for 11/30/2009

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

In Venezuela: Alcides Escobar went 5-for-12 over the weekend with a double, a stolen base, two runs scored and three RBI. He's hitting .379/.411/.476 in 110 VWL PAs. He's stolen nine bases in eleven attempts. Hernan Iribarren also went 5-for-12, with two doubles, a walk and a caught stealing, scoring three runs. He's hitting .318/.380/.453 in 162 PAs, with seven stolen bases in 13 attempts....

Md. Sp. set to miss foreigners

The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

Calcutta: Mohammedan Sporting will miss their foreign striking duo of Eduardo Escobar and Theodore Sunday in their Calcutta Football League match against BNR on Monday. While Eduardo is out with a double booking, Sunday is suffering from viral fever.

Drug cartel probed for 'crimes against humanity'

France24 (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

Colombian officials said they may reclassify some crimes committed by the cartel led by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar as "crimes against humanity," allowing them to continue to prosecute the offenses. Deputy prosecutor Fernando Pareja told a press conference that Escobar may have been guilty of crimes against humanity as the mastermind during the 1980s and early 1990s of...

Shulamit Aloni: We are a nefarious people

Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

Pepe Escobar: How the West could learn from Lula's way of playing politics. As much as Washington was visibly annoyed, it could do nothing to prevent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from visiting Brazil's President Lula as part of his 5-country African and South American tour. Feathers could not but be ruffled, argues Pepe Escobar, at the sight of closer cooperation between the...

Free Agent Starting Pitching: BCB Weighs In

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

... can't sign them and assume they'll win a spot.) (Note 2: I haven't seen much written about Kelvim Escobar , who hasn't had an ERA north of 4 since 2003. The Red Sox are asking about him, the Brewers should too.) (Note 3: Shawn Hill is cheap, a sinkerballer, often injured, and one of the few ex-Expos out there not yet 30. A perfect flier for the Brewers.) Here's the list: Aroldis Chapman,...

Latin America news roundup - November 28, 2009

Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

Pepe Escobar: How the West could learn from Lula's way of playing politics TOP STORY - Luladinejad (Real News) Brazil - Brazil ‘Frustrated’ With U.S., Policy Advisor Says (Bloomberg) El Salvador - Declassified Docs Shed Light on Jesuits' Murders (IPS) Honduras - The Sham Elections in Honduras (Foreign Policy) Honduras - Washington endorses gunpoint election in Honduras (World Socialist...

40 Players in 40 Days: The Shortstops

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

The left side of the infield, as we’ve seen in our last two posts, is very much in a state of flux, but now that we’re on the other side of second base, we’ve got a heaping helping of stability. At short, that stability takes the form of Yunel Escobar, though Diory Hernandez also [...]

Rogers On Mauer, Pujols, Vizquel

MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

... year longer than Mauer. The White Sox may ask Omar Vizquel to mentor 20-year-old shortstop Eduardo Escobar . Like Vizquel, Escobar is a Venezuelan switch-hitter with a good glove and little power. But White Sox farm director Buddy Bell cautions against making Vizquel comparisons just yet.