pranabjyoti
1st July 2010, 16:48
Correo del Orinoco refuses right to reply over Sri Lankan Ambassador slur
Defamation;
Ron Ridenour writes: The digital magazine of the eight countries of ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas), www.patriagrande.com.ve (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epatriagrande%2Ecom% 2Eve%2F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0) published a supposed interview, on June 11, 2010, with the ambassador of Sri Lanka in Cuba, Tamara Kunanayakam (TK).
The interview, which had no name for the interviewer, was entitled in the original Spanish, "Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Cuba denounces manipulations by separatist groups." Patriagrande presented the interview as "realized by Correo del Orinoco" (Venezuela government’s official newspaper & web) without a date and without being found on the web.
Websites, such as www.transcurrents.com (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etranscurrents%2Ecom %2F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0) (June 9) and www.vheadline.com (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evheadline%2Ecom%2F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0) (June 10), published the interview in English without the name of the translator.
Apart from the disinformation that the ambassador disseminates denying the systematic political discrimination y brutality that all governments of Sri Lanka have conducted against Tamils for decades, I refer now only to the defamation against my character that Tamara Kunanayakam makes.
I cite from the supposed interview: "These organizations [that she says are fronts for the now destroyed terrorist LTTE, known as the Tigers] and their campaign of defamation have the support of certain major powers, their institutions and NGOs such as….Reporters without Borders…and individuals such as Ron Ridenour and Patrick O´Donoghue."
"Certain major powers" signifies the United States, I believe. Reporters without Borders is one the CIA’s fronts, and one whose principle objective is a campaign against Cuba.
As a revolutionary and writer, I have written articles about the relations in Sri Lanka between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. I am in favor of self-determination for the Tamils, who have lived under discrimination and violence for decades. But I have nothing to do with the Tigers of LTTE, or with the Yankees, the CIA and its lackey group Reporters without Borders, as TK implies or states in this interview.
As it is a crime to support terrorism, Tamara Kunanayakam is libeling me. It is also a defamation of my character, in my eyes, to associate me with the most potent terrorists of the world -- the United States/CIA. I, therefore, demand a retraction. (Unfortunately, patriagrande and Correo del Orinoco did not publish my answer to these defamations.)
To understand my anger, you should know that I have been fighting yankee imperialism since my first political action, which was in front of the federal building in Los Angeles, California when the Yankees and Cuban right-wing exiles invaded Cuba, in April 1961. I have been an activist, journalist and author against imperialism and for socialism since that date, including eight years (1988-96) working for the Cuban government as a writer, translator and consultant (Editorial Jose Marti and Prensa Latina). www.ronridenour.com (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eronridenour%2Ecom%2 F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0)
Ron Ridenour
[email protected] (http://f1mail.rediff.com/prism/writemail?mode=mail_to_individual&[email protected]&els=192cab0db2b3958b91fc62c0c1f3077e)
Note: Ron Ridenour said he has written to editor Vanessa Davis three times and sent the above text in Spanish but received no reply. What hurts most, Ron claims, is that she hasn't even bothered to reply.
This is one of the e-mails that I have got from journalist-activist Ron Ridenour. Kindly read it and the whole matter speaks for itself.
Defamation;
Ron Ridenour writes: The digital magazine of the eight countries of ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas), www.patriagrande.com.ve (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epatriagrande%2Ecom% 2Eve%2F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0) published a supposed interview, on June 11, 2010, with the ambassador of Sri Lanka in Cuba, Tamara Kunanayakam (TK).
The interview, which had no name for the interviewer, was entitled in the original Spanish, "Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Cuba denounces manipulations by separatist groups." Patriagrande presented the interview as "realized by Correo del Orinoco" (Venezuela government’s official newspaper & web) without a date and without being found on the web.
Websites, such as www.transcurrents.com (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etranscurrents%2Ecom %2F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0) (June 9) and www.vheadline.com (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evheadline%2Ecom%2F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0) (June 10), published the interview in English without the name of the translator.
Apart from the disinformation that the ambassador disseminates denying the systematic political discrimination y brutality that all governments of Sri Lanka have conducted against Tamils for decades, I refer now only to the defamation against my character that Tamara Kunanayakam makes.
I cite from the supposed interview: "These organizations [that she says are fronts for the now destroyed terrorist LTTE, known as the Tigers] and their campaign of defamation have the support of certain major powers, their institutions and NGOs such as….Reporters without Borders…and individuals such as Ron Ridenour and Patrick O´Donoghue."
"Certain major powers" signifies the United States, I believe. Reporters without Borders is one the CIA’s fronts, and one whose principle objective is a campaign against Cuba.
As a revolutionary and writer, I have written articles about the relations in Sri Lanka between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. I am in favor of self-determination for the Tamils, who have lived under discrimination and violence for decades. But I have nothing to do with the Tigers of LTTE, or with the Yankees, the CIA and its lackey group Reporters without Borders, as TK implies or states in this interview.
As it is a crime to support terrorism, Tamara Kunanayakam is libeling me. It is also a defamation of my character, in my eyes, to associate me with the most potent terrorists of the world -- the United States/CIA. I, therefore, demand a retraction. (Unfortunately, patriagrande and Correo del Orinoco did not publish my answer to these defamations.)
To understand my anger, you should know that I have been fighting yankee imperialism since my first political action, which was in front of the federal building in Los Angeles, California when the Yankees and Cuban right-wing exiles invaded Cuba, in April 1961. I have been an activist, journalist and author against imperialism and for socialism since that date, including eight years (1988-96) working for the Cuban government as a writer, translator and consultant (Editorial Jose Marti and Prensa Latina). www.ronridenour.com (http://www.rediffmail.com/cgi-bin/red.cgi?red=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eronridenour%2Ecom%2 F&isImage=0&BlockImage=0)
Ron Ridenour
[email protected] (http://f1mail.rediff.com/prism/writemail?mode=mail_to_individual&[email protected]&els=192cab0db2b3958b91fc62c0c1f3077e)
Note: Ron Ridenour said he has written to editor Vanessa Davis three times and sent the above text in Spanish but received no reply. What hurts most, Ron claims, is that she hasn't even bothered to reply.
This is one of the e-mails that I have got from journalist-activist Ron Ridenour. Kindly read it and the whole matter speaks for itself.