Blog roundup:

All you need to know about Hugo Chavez and Venezuela is at Publius Pundit. Check out the links.

¡No Pasarán! pokes a hole in French hypocrisy.

The EU Serf is pessimistic on reform.

Angie Schultz meditates on the infamous "plastic turkey."

Pave France comments on a new book about American culture in France; we'll post later on how La Vanguardia dealt with this subject.

Davids Medienkritik castigates a Yank-bashing German politician; here's the follow-up post.

Finally, check out this bit of Catalan nationalist dogma; it's a rather partial history of FC Barcelona and its Cataloony connections.