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Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Editorial writer for Pravda, based in Washington D.C.

2 articles

Nobel Peace Prize: Joke of the Century

by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 13 October 2012

What to expect of an institution whose founder invented dynamite, which seriously postulated the choice of Bush and Blair for the Peace Prize, which perpetuates its existence by pandering to the whims of its amoral overlords? What to expect when you give the keys of the kindergarten to a (...)

Venezuela: "Dictator" elected. And now? A democratic coup?

by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 10 October 2012

Whoops, Washington! Your "Dictator" has been democratically elected again in Venezuela. Jolly embarrassing, eh? And now what? A message of congratulations, or a Condy-type scowl followed by the most democratic of coups, you know the ones which install friendly repressive Fascist regimes which (...)