Venezuela uses photo of journalist it detained to promote how well it treats foreigners

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/01/30/venezuela-uses-photo-of-journalist-it-arrested-to-promote-how-well-it-treats-foreigners/

If only the US press were like Venezuela's

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The problem? That photo was taken at Miami International Airport in 2013 and, "the reason I’m so happy is because I’m just getting back to the U.S. after spending 48 hours in detention in Venezuela," Wyss writes.

The tweet from Telesur, which Wyss tells The Post he discovered Thursday, appears to have since been deleted. But Wyss did tweet in English and in Spanish, asking the television station of it was an accidental or ironic use of his image:

Wyss, who works as the South America correspondent for the Herald, had been in Venezuela in 2013 covering the upcoming municipal vote. As part of his coverage, he sought out "statistics on contraband" and he was told talk to the Bolivarian National Guard about it, he writes. He showed up at the guard's headquarters and was told that "The General" would soon speak with him. Hours dragged on and when Wyss attempted to leave, he was told he couldn't. Wyss writes:


Instead, I was handed over to “The Inspector,” who put me into an armored car with doors that didn’t open from the inside (I checked). When I asked him where we were going, he said, “My office.”

His office was an undistinguished house on an inconspicuous street in San Cristóbal. The windows were heavily barred. Once inside, I was told that I was being investigated by military counter-intelligence.