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Press Freedom Solidarity Letter from Caracas...

Submitted September 2, 2004 - 7:37 am by Al Giordano
From the country where journalists don't go to jail....

1 September 2004, 11:46 p.m.  Caracas, Venezuela

Dear Al,

I just checked into Narco News and saw that Jennifer Whitney was detained yesterday in New York.  I was about to send her an e-mail because this afternoon I was in Nueva Tacagua and Victoria Osuna and her daughter Catalina asked me if I had heard from Jennifer.  It surprised me that they remembered her from our short visit to their home and asked about her by name.  I did tell them that I was sure she was in New York, but that was all that I knew at the moment.

I will try to get in touch with the Osunas tomorrow to let them know about Jennifer.  The Osunas are a very strong Pentecostal family and I am sure that Jennifer will be the recipient of a ton of prayers and good wishes from their religious brothers and sisters.  If you are able to communicate with her, let her know that people in Nueva Tacagua are thinking of her and her companions in New York.

I am, too.

Con un abrazo,

Charlie

Publisher adds: Here's a photo of the Osunas in their living room, by Noah Friedsky:

http://www.salonchingon.com/exhibits/caracas2004/s ource/barrio-bests-10.html

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