And yet El Universal has a strange characteristic: it does not publish a proper editorial. Other papers such as El Nacional have their daily editorials as happens with papers in the US. And one has its editorial as a cover page, as its main draw, in Tal Cual. But El Universal has not published an editorial in years, that I remember, anyway. This has changed this week as El Universal published two editorials "Nuestra Tribuna", on its front page (in red in the picture next, for today's editorial; English version here).
It is a refection of the gravity of the situation in Venezuela that El Universal goes out on a limb and starts its editorial with the following sentence, risking the wrath of the regime:
El Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de la República no es un funcionario de elección popular.
The vice president of the republic is not an elected public servant.
The last time I can remember El Universal publishing their own editorial, off hand, was precisely in the days after 4 February 1992.
ReplyDeleteIt is significant that they have chosen to not only write one but two editorials in a row.
I wonder if they know something and are setting up the table.................
Aqui con tantos dimes y diretes, ya Venezuela entró en una novela estilo culebrón, con amor, dolor lágrimas, hospital, y gente que se cree lo que no son, la llamaría sin copiarme de una novela que fué muy aplaudida, la llamaria "EL USURPADOR". La Maga Lee
ReplyDeleteObviously this is a de facto regime. Wonder who will be stupid enough to lend any money to Venezuela these days. If someone does then he deserves to part with his money.
ReplyDeleteMuy bien escrito el editorial que anexo de el Universal, pero lamentablemente estas palabras se pierden en la algarabia de las los anuncios los que pretenden gobernar al pais
ReplyDeletehttp://www.eluniversal.com/opinion/130302/donde-estan-los-hombres-dignos-de-la-patria