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What happened to the Peruvian journalist Alvaro Vargas Llosa at the airport in Venezuela confirms the warning made last week by agents of propaganda of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as they requested the sending off of some Latin American intellectuals who will congregate in that country to attend a forum about political and social development. .jpg)
The meeting will be On May the 28th and 29th called "The challenge in Latin America: freedom, democracy, property and the struggle against poverty", organized by the Center for Dissemination of Knowledge Economic Freedom (CEDICE in Spanish) in Caracas, and also gathers apart of Alvaro Vargas Llosa, his father, the famous writer Mario Vargas Llosa, the former Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga (opposed to Evo Morales) and former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda, among others.
The warning was made by the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), David Medina, who emphasized that the PSUV (the party of Hugo Chavez), will support the eventual sending off of these guests, whose presence in Caracas has been described for PSUV as "provocative" to consider they will do criticism to the government and will found a liberal university opposed to Chavez ideology.
This looks real with the intervention last May 25Th of Alvaro Vargas Llosa, --- Director of the Center for Global Prosperity at the Independent Institute and a columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group. The Peruvian journalist claimed to the press that his passport was confiscated at the airport for more than three hours and thanks a cell phone which he could hide from officials of Migration; he called to the “Globovision”, a private TV in Venezuela and then he was released.
But he said the Venezuelan authorities indicated that as he is a foreign citizen could not make any political comment about Venezuela because otherwise he would be arrested and deported. Its linked to the speech of Venezuela Justice Minister, Tareck El Aissami, who denied that Vargas Llosa was mistreated, saying he was subject to the immigration service's normal "protocol in the case of foreigners."
After the incident passed with even a protest from the Peruvian Foreign Ministry in Venezuela, Alvaro Vargas Llosa said that it is almost certain that his father, the famous writer Mario Vargas Llosa, will suffer the same when he will arrive on Wednesday to Caracas to attend the same forum.
Days before the incident, Mario Vargas Llosa said anyway he is going to Venezuela, a country that for him keeps good memories and where he received the award “Romulo Gallegos” in the early years in his career as a writer. Also he thinks Venezuela it’s a hospitable country and he will attend the invitation by people who believe in democracy and self-explanatory ideas.
So is expect with happen this week with the visit of the other guests to the forum and we hope are wrong and will not happen further actions of harassment against those who do not think like Hugo Chavez.
CAPTION: Peruvian journalist Alvaro Vargas Llosa delivers a speech during a meeting with university students in Caucagua, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
