Dear Bernardo,
As fellow Venezuelans, I hope you don’t mind if I address you informally.
I’ve just read in one of the many media outlets part of the communication empire of Commander President Chavez, a public response to an editorial from the Washington Post, supposedly written by you. I must admit, one statement and a closing note from the webpage publishing this response have left me astounded.
The first statement, which concludes the second paragraph, states:
«…an Interpol analysis of the laptop concluded that because of the handling of the evidence by the Colombian government for days before it was turned over, the documents on it could not be used in any judicial proceedings.»
Then there’s the note at the end of the article, which reads:
*This letter has been made public given that The Washington Post rarely publishes our responses to their constant strident editorials against Venezuela.
You can’t imagine how disheartening it is to know you’re facing difficulties in spreading propaganda information through independent media in democratic countries. Hence, this letter aims to assist in disseminating your revolutionary, Bolivarian ideas unjustly ignored by newspapers, journalists, and editors controlled by the empire. If you employed the writing services of globally respected individuals like Mark Weisbrot, Greg Wilpert, or Tariq Ali, your letters would be published much more frequently.
Without further ado, I bid you the warmest regards, looking forward to a prompt and public reply.