VenEconomy: A Few Words from Argentina’s Macri to Venezuela’s Maduro From the Editors of VenEconomy Latin American Herald Tribune July 29, 2015
Political and economic analysts from Venezuela and the world are being more persistent in recording the inconceivable situation the country is going through. However, the arguments of many of these analysts are quite difficult to digest by ordinary citizens.
That’s the reason why VenEconomy did not hesitate in making public an open letter written by Mauricio Macri, the head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, to Nicolás Maduro, which describes the reality of the country with absolute simplicity, clarity and forcefulness. It should be noted that very few media outlets from Argentina, Venezuela and the region have echoed the words of Macri.
The letter goes as follows:
"Mr. Maduro, I only see Venezuelan citizens where you see the enemy.
Mr. Maduro, it is obvious that you and I see different things in different ways. For example, where you see enemies that you want to kill, I see upset Venezuelans demanding changes to your government. Where you see a conspiracy, I see how the 22-year-old Génesis Carmona is being taken on a motorcycle to a hospital, agonizing after being shot right in the face. And I don’t see you. I didn’t see you in the funeral ceremonies of those innocent people.
Where you see fascist people protesting, I see ordinary people, I see common persons, I see human beings at odds with you. They’re doing their best; they are people; they are also the true people of Venezuela; or perhaps the true people of Venezuela to you are only the ones who applaud your actions, while others who don’t are the enemy? I also see what you seem not to be seeing. I see terrifying motorcycles belonging to paramilitary groups shooting at unarmed civilians at night, even shooting at their houses and apartments, as seen in videos on YouTube.
Where you see in social networks only slander and lies (and trust me, I also see them and I condemn them myself), I find the true indignation of Venezuelans who have there a unique space to complain about everything, and this is because Venezuela has nearly run out of media outlets because you had them closed down, suffocated them, persecuted them and even kicked them out of the country. Lucky them there is Twitter and Facebook so that they can let us know about the situation in Venezuela!
The other day, the government of Argentina ratified its ‘total and absolute support’ to your government. The Argentine government should not be mistaken for the Argentine people, the same way your government is not being mistaken by us for the Venezuelan people. Not all of us totally and absolutely support your abuses. I, for one, prefer to demand you the immediate release of Leopoldo López and of all the Venezuelan political prisoners. I choose to ask you to take control of the paramilitary forces that spread fear and death with bullets. I prefer to ask you to ensure freedom and have an honest dialogue with all those who think differently.
Those protesting are not your enemies or conspirators, they are Venezuelan citizens."
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