Yesterday morning, I got an electrifying surprise in my inbox. My friend Anthony, who lives in Sweden, sent me this:
Yup, that’s THE Oliver Stone, retweeting this link. And here’s how it got there:
A few days ago, Venezuelanalysis picked up my translation of Raúl Capote’s explosive interview about his time as a CIA asset in Cuba. Z Magazine in turn picked it up from them, and kindly linked back to my blog. A reader tweeted the link, and it was RT’d several times thereafter. Including this time:
So there you go, folks…no less than the famously progressive director of JFK has been reading at least one thing I blogged.
If that’s not cool, I don’t know what is.
Great news! I share your enthusiasm (and a tiny part of your “ahem”) because I alerted venezuelanalysis to the excellent translations on your blog a week ago. It has certainly turned out well. You might want to contact them directly yourself.
Do you know about MRzine? They might be interested in analytical articles from aporrea. There are other possibilities…