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Edward Snowden Meet Franklin Chaparro: a Taste for How Journalists are Treated in Venezuela

11 years ago By Alek Boyd

There's a lot of talk in Venezuela these days about whether Edward Snowden is going to end up in Caracas, protected and supported by chavismo. Snowden, already famous worldwide for revealing how the US government spies on its people, said recently that Venezuela had his "gratitude and respect for being the first to stand against human rights violations carried out by the powerful rather than the powerless..."

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Re Edward #Snowden

Alek Boyd Thu, 06/27/2013 - 04:15

Open letter to Edward #Snowden

11 years ago By Alek Boyd

Dear Edward,

it must be hard for you, to realise that beyond the chorus of celebrations from radical fringes of the political spectrum for what you've done, real-politik always trumps naive behaviour.