-launches into attack on reporter, Stabroek News
By Khadidja Ba
Following his visits to Linden on October 8th and 9th, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd played down reports in this newspaper about Venezuelan migrants living in difficult circumstances and on October 10th, after being criticized by leaders in the town for not engaging with them, he launched into an explosive tirade against this reporter and Stabroek News.
In the Sunday Stabroek of September 29, it was reported that Venezuelans were living in difficult conditions in Linden and local residents had expressed anxieties at their presence. The report was based on a visit by this newspaper to Linden.
In an interview with Stabroek News on October 9th after he had visited the town in response to the newspaper’s story, Todd categorically denied reports of groups of migrants “roaming in groups of 20,” asserting instead that the majority are “employed and living in squatted areas”.