Opinion: The intimidation of Jorge Ramos should shake Mexico out of its Venezuela delusions
Univision journalist Jorge Ramos, left, talks on the phone at the airport in Caracas after being expelled from Venezuela on Tuesday. By León Krauze February 27 at 12:50 PM On Monday afternoon in Caracas, Nicolás Maduro’s government detained and harassed Univision journalist Jorge Ramos.
After more than two hours, the authorities freed the journalists and escorted them back to their hotel, where they were kept under surveillance and informed of their imminent removal from the country. “Their crime: asking questions that Nicolás Maduro did not like,” said Daniel Coronell, Univision’s president of news in the United States.
The Venezuelan regime tried to dismiss the incident as a stunt. Without directly referring to Ramos, Jorge Rodríguez, Maduro’s communications minister, shrugged off the journalist’s account as “a cheap show.” But it won’t be that simple. Ramos has a well-earned reputation as a stern, incisive interviewer.
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