That's the last thing you will see in an AmeriKan newspaper.
Freedom of the Press, huh?
"Nieman fellow’s visa denial decried" by John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff | July 13, 2010
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists called on the US government yesterday to rescind its denial of a travel visa to Colombian journalist Hollman Morris.
Morris has been invited to join other journalists at Harvard University with a prestigious Nieman fellowship, but will not be allowed to travel to the United States after being denied a visa under the “terrorist activities’’ section of the USA Patriot Act.
Watchdog groups say it’s no more than an attempt by an angry government to discredit a crusading journalist.
Well, it backfired because they are only doing it to themselves.
“It’s quite disturbing, indeed, especially in light of the fact that Mr. Morris’s work has been praised by US State Department officials,’’ said Michele Salcedo, president of the Hispanic journalists group....
Morris, 41, produces a television program called “Contravia.’’ It is highly critical of ties between illegal far-right militias and allies of President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, Washington’s closest ally in Latin America.
Related: Colombia's Killers Absolved By Obama
In 2007, Human Rights Watch praised him for “an unswerving commitment to justice.’’ But Uribe has accused Morris of collaborating with rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
The FARC is listed as a terrorist group by the State Department. The United States has given Colombia $500 million a year since 2000 to combat the FARC and drug trafficking.
Also see: Freedom From FARC
Government using FARC to f*** you?
On Feb. 3, 2009, Uribe called Morris “an accomplice of terrorism’’ after he showed up to cover the FARC’s release of four members of the Colombian security force it had held.
Related: Running With the "Rescue"
So who leaked the story to him?
Morris is listed in a 2005 Colombian memo as showing “opposition tendencies.’’
That is all you need do these days to be a "terrorist.": Oppose the government.
Related: Obama's Colombian Template
It's the only one we have in the region.
