[liberationtech] My Venezuela Post

[Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes]

I don’t think your post was “political editorializing” at all! And I’m a Venezuelan citizen that tries to keep out of the toxic political talk in and on Venezuela. Life is NOT politics, and history and facts transcend ideologies, often used to mask or justify untenable and immoral social realities maintained by governments and other power brokers.

Regards / Saludos / Grato

Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes

> On Jan 27, 2019, at 2:07 PM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It has been brought to my attention that some of you felt that my email on Reymar Perdomo was excessive editorializing on behalf of Liberation Technology in favor of a political group against others.
> 
> I'd like to apologize to all of those who saw my email in that light, though in hindsight I understand how my email could be misconstrued in that way. But I was only trying to make two points:
> First, that we forget that music can sometimes serve as a Liberation Technology; and,
> Second, that the plight of migrants and refugees is an issue of concern for Liberation Technology.
> In this context, I'd like to reiterate Liberation Technology's bias. We used to state our bias all the time on Twitter but not so much on the list.
> 
> Liberation Technology's bias has long been that we believe in rights-based pragmatism, that is, we believe in supporting the use of technology (anthropologically defined) to foster public goods that protect or advance the rights enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights at http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/.
> 
> Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to share them with me privately or with the group publicly.
> 
> Thanks,
> Yosem
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