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June 27

Spanish "veredero"

"Esta violencia presente, las arremetidas descontroladas de los cuerpos de seguridad, sin ninguna garantía por parte del Estado para que este ofrezca a los venezolanos libertad para expresarse, solo contribuye a acrecentar la violencia, alejando aún más el veredero cumplimiento de sus derechos." ([1]). I think the usual meaning of the word is "courier"- does it have a different meaning here? Or why talk about the rights of couriers specifically? DTLHS (talk) 06:27, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

The Portuguese word verdadeiro means "true". Checking a Spanish dictionary, the Spanish equivalent is verdadero, and veredero does indeed mean "courier". I guess the passage means

This present violence, the uncontrolled acts of the security forces, without any guarantee on the part of the State that this offers to the Venezuelans liberty of self - expression, only contributes to increase the violence, alienating ever more the true achievement of their rights.

In context, it is hard to understand it as anything other than a typo. Wymspen (talk) 09:01, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Words like "self-expression" include a hyphen; but not a hyphen surrounded by spaces, because that makes it read like a dash, as if these are two unconnected words. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:34, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

• Sí, fue un verdadero error tipográfico. μηδείς (talk) 20:01, 27 June 2017 (UTC)