Celebration of former leftists in the reactionary press

In the Western reactionary press, like in the New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as in the Saudi press, there are regular features for celebration and veneration of former leftists as they denounce their former beliefs and their former comrades.  But in this case Galeano makes it clear that he has not changed and yet there is a long feature in the Times about his criticism of his own work.