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Postcards From The Revolution
by Eva Golinger , Venezuela
Eva Golinger, winner of the International Award for Journalism in Mexico (2009), named “La Novia de Venezuela” by President Hugo Chávez, is a Venezuelan-American attorney from New York, living in Caracas, Venezuela since 2005 and author of the best-selling books, including “The Chávez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela” (2006 Olive Branch Press), “Bush vs. Chávez: Washington’s War on Venezuela” (2007, Monthly Review Press), & “The Empire’s Web: Encyclopedia of Interventionism and Subversion”. Eva...has been investigating, analyzing and writing about US intervention in Venezuela using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information about the US Government’s efforts to destabilize progressive movements in Latin America.

This story appeared on her Blog over the weekend. Obama's administration are stepping up operations in Latin America, much as liberal darling Kennedy did nearly 50 years ago.

Eva Golinger writes: "Caracas, January 9, 2009 [she means 2010, I'm sure] - Yesterday’s violation of Venezuelan airspace by a P-3 US military combat plane is another example of the escalation in provocations against Venezuela and evidence of the danger US military presence in the region represents. During a live television broadcast on the evening of January 8, President Hugo Chávez revealed that at approximately 12:55pm earlier that day, a US P3 combat plane took off from the air base in neighboring Curaçao and entered Venezuelan airspace during a 15-minute period. Two Venezuelan F-16 planes intercepted the foreign military aircraft, prepared to escort it outside Venezuelan territory. “When the F-16 planes attempted communication with the US aircraft, it immediately took off towards the north, but later it returned”, announced President Chávez. He said that at 1:37pm Venezuelan time, the combat plane returned and flew for about 19 minutes inside Venezuelan territory. "

And a mention for "Our Time Is Now" a Blog written by Amy (phnx0221) based in Arizona who describes her blog as being about "libertarian socialism, anarchism, social justice, direct democracy, keeping a watchful eye on governments", and also Twitters at this address.

Deeply Flawed But Trying is a funny, personal and often political Blog written by prolific Twitterer "generally quite nice. Mostly. A bit gobby" Slummymummy based in picturesque Hebden Bridge.