"I Am in Prison Because I Want Freedom for My Country"

By artappraiser on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 2:24am |

Guest Op-ed by Yon Goicoechea (a lawyer and political activist) @ NYTimes.com, Sept. 4

CARACAS, Venezuela — I write this from my cell in the dungeons of the Venezuelan secret police. I’m 32 and I’ve been a democratic activist for 12 years. I have two children, 8 and 5, who are my sun and moon. I have a wife whom I love and who now has to carry the burden of being married to a political prisoner.

One year ago, while I was going to speak at a news conference on behalf of the Popular Will political party, of which I am a member, I was intercepted by 10 or 15 undercover secret police vehicles [....]

URL:

www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/opinion/venezuela-prison-democracy.html