Many Americans know the relationship between America and Cuba and it has not been a good one. But that all changed when President Obama and Castro declared an end the cold war. In CNN’s article about the Summit of the Americas threw a wrench into the new found agreement. The article is about the Venezuela government accusing the United States of terrorism. CNN’s article strategy was to create drama with the use of the political language. The article does this by using sentences like “The much anticipated handshake between Obama and Castro would steal all the headlines if it wasn’t for Cuba’s strongest ally, Venezuela.”
This articles also creates drama through political language by expanding the story about the tension between the US and Venezuela, that the Venezuela President is accusing the US of over throwing his government. They continue to discuss who was called a terrorist and what the US did to Venezuela to create this reaction which is accuse 7 government officials of human rights violations. The article then ends with “…Summit of the Americas could go from “mi casa es su casa” to a walk into the lion’s den.”
Venezuela used the big news of our meeting with the Castro regime as a way to piggyback there affairs against the United States. Im not informed enough to pick sides but I will say that what should have been a celebration turned into some serious tension especially if the numbers of the signatures are real. it was a bold and dirty move on Venezuela’s part, but it may have been the one they needed to get them heard. it will be interesting to here how Obama responds.