Reply #58: It's just seems odd that only a translation statement of the statement is available,

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and not the statement itself in the original language

And even when the original statement is in English, one should seek the full text if the story depends on quoting single words or parts of longer sentences -- especially if the story as written tends to produce a strong emotional reaction

As a general rule for reading the news, I also prefer direct accounts to indirect accounts, and I prefer multiple lines of evidence (if available) to single sources

You imply that Reuters is reputable, and I will agree Reuters is usually preferable to Fox or ABC or UPI -- but anyone who has read enough media reports and has regularly compared several independent versions of the same story, will immediately understand the reasons for prefeences I just outlined

I didn't make any claims about whether Chavez had been quoted accurately in context or out of context -- or whether he hads been quoted accurately and translated inaccurately -- or whether he had been misquoted out of context and then translated inaccurately: I simply sought a fuller, more primary account

My Spanish may not be much better than yours, but that may not matter much: it's still possible to get the general sense of a Spanish text with a bit of work