Editor’s Note: Oliver Stone wrote this letter to HNN in response to a piece by Ron Radosh entitled “Oliver Stone’s Latest Travesty.”. You can read the letter that Mr. Stone, Mr. Weisbrot, and Mr. Ali wrote to the New York Timeshere.

Mr. Shenkman,

Ron Radosh, in his June 28 diatribe about my documentary, South of the Border, alleges that the film is full of “distortions and omissions,” citing a June 26 New York Times article about the film by Larry Rohter to back up his claims.

Attached and available on our web site http://www.southoftheborderdoc.com  is our response to Rohter’s article in the New York Times, which demonstrates that our film was right and Rohter was wrong on every point he raised:  from the 2002 coup in Venezuela to the 1998 presidential race there, Argentina’s economic recovery and water privatization in Bolivia.

Radosh also claims “there are no dissenting voices in the film.” In reality, the film contains dozens of comments from U.S. reporters and news anchors, and opposition leaders in South America criticizing the presidents featured in the film.

I would advise Radosh to check his own facts before he criticizes our film for factual errors, and I encourage your own readers to see the film, visit our web site, and make up their own minds.  

Sincerely,

Oliver Stone

Related Links

• Mark Weisbrot: Rohter Strikes Out Yet Again on South of the Border


• Larry Rohter: Oliver Stone Still Doesn't Get It


• Stone's, Weisbrot's, and Ali's Letter to the NYT


• Oliver Stone: Misstatements and Factual Errors from Critics


• Oliver Stone, Mark Weisbrot, and Tariq Ali: Responding to the New York Times's Broadside at Our Documentary


• Ron Radosh: Oliver Stone's Latest Travesty