• Venezuelan vice-president tries to disprove drug cartel ties via a $150000+ ad on the New York Times
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[quote]Tareck El Aissami, the recently appointed vice president in Venezuela, took out a full-page in The New York Times on Wednesday to rebuke sanctions against him and other Venezuelan officials leveled by the US government over drug trafficking charges. El Aissami, who was named alongside an alleged associate, was declared by the US Treasury Department to be a specially designated narcotics trafficker for allegedly "playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking." Other Venezuelan official sanctioned or indicted by the US over drug-related offenses have been placed into higher-ranking positions within the Venezuelan government, in a move some see as an effort by embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to bring on officials with interests in defending his administration. Responding to the sanctions leveled against El Aissami, Maduro said, "They are not attacking Tareck, they are attacking a country, a revolution and I am the final objective." [/quote] Source: [url]http://nordic.businessinsider.com/venezuela-vice-president-new-york-times-full-page-ad-drug-trafficking-2017-2?r=US&IR=T[/url] New York Times Ad Rates: [url]http://nytmediakit.com/uploads/rates/Current-Rates/2016_Intl_Rate_Card_EXLUX-Dollar-NYT.pdf[/url] Here's the actual letter: [media]https://twitter.com/nmcrooks/status/834438926412705792[/media] (As you may have noticed, he didn't proof read it) Does this guy not realize this is the most Pablo Escobar thing you could do to try and claim you're [I]not[/I] a drug dealer?
Any intelligent person would question HOW he could afford to advertise there in the first place. Especially given Venezuela's current state.
[QUOTE=Van-man;51860763]Any intelligent person would question HOW he could afford to advertise there in the first place. Especially given Venezuela's current state.[/QUOTE] The actual question is, how did he get it published in the first place if he is banned from doing business with anybody in America? Who did he entrust with $150000?
[QUOTE=Big Bang;51860775]The actual question is, how did he get it published in the first place if he is banned from doing business with anybody in America? Who did he entrust with $150000?[/QUOTE] I've a feeling a lawsuit against the NYT will be arriving soon to find out.
[QUOTE=Big Bang;51860775]The actual question is, how did he get it published in the first place if he is banned from doing business with anybody in America? Who did he entrust with $150000?[/QUOTE] Probably a PR company. The UK PR industry makes boat loads of money from dictators [editline]22nd February 2017[/editline] Although thinking about it a PR company would probably suggest a much subtler campaign than this
[QUOTE=Doozle;51860910]Probably a PR company. The UK PR industry makes boat loads of money from dictators [editline]22nd February 2017[/editline] Although thinking about it a PR company would probably suggest a much subtler campaign than this[/QUOTE] Anyone would suggest a subtler touch than this. If this were done by a PR company they would have proofread it as well. This strikes me as something he did on whim.
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