Spain newspaper sorry for “false photo” of Chavez
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 24, 2013 21:28
Spain’s influential El Pais newspaper apologized on Thursday for publishing a “false photo” of elusive, cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, removed the image from its website and withdrew its print edition.
Chavez is currently convalescing in Cuba after undergoing surgery for cancer for the fourth time on December 11. He has not been seen publicly for six weeks, fuelling rampant speculation over how serious his condition is.
The Venezuelan government and the leader of Argentina, Chavez ally President Cristina Fernandez, condemned the publication of the photo. “As grotesque as it is false,” said Venezuelan Information Minister in a Twitter comment.
The grainy photo that El Pais originally splashed on its front page on Thursday, billed as a global exclusive, portrayed the head of a man lying down with a breathing tube in his mouth.
El Pais, one of the biggest Spanish-language publications in the world and an institution both in Spain and in Latin America, said in a brief online statement that it had withdrawn the photo after ascertaining that the image was not of Chavez.
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