First of all, I want to wish a Merry Christmas to all the readers of Medium, congratulating those who manage it for their excellent initiative that gives a voice to all of us who have something constructive to say, something to contribute. At a time when communication is more mediated than ever, I want to ask these managers to preserve Medium from the danger that every day tries to mediate communication to manipulate public opinion, and that comes from the two most dangerous manipulative powers, which currently are political for spurious purposes, and economic, avoiding introducing manipulative advertising on Medium.
When you see an ad on Texaco, one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, telling us that it respects the environment and that it is reducing CO2 levels, or when you see an ad from CocaCola or Nestlé saying that they promote sustainable use of drinking water, when what they are doing is taking over of a natural resource to sell it bottled to those who do not have access to that drinking water, I will know at that moment that it has been sold and editorial independence has been lost, and that behind it lies the power of money.
I especially want to extend my best wishes for happiness this Christmas and prosperity for 2023 to Ukrainian writers like Inna and others, to all those who follow the Ukrainian conflict and analyze it to tell us the keys to this cruel war, and to the Ukrainian readers of Medium, and to tell them that, as your brave President Volodimir Zelensky pointed out yesterday in the US Congress, next year is going to be the year that the turning point is going to take Ukraine and its brave people to Total Victory against Russia. Yesterday, President Zelensky presented President Biden with a 10-point program to negotiate a lasting Peace with Russia, which indicates that he has a plan for the defense of Ukraine and Democracy, and another plan to achieve La Paz that follows all war, once it ends with the Victory of the Ukrainian People. I hope you have the support of the majority of the World´s People.
This year was very hard for all Europeans, but it was much more so for the Ukrainians, who are the ones who are defending us all against the Russian satrap installed in the Kremlin, putting their lives at stake. I want to tell them that we are with them, that Europe and all its citizens, except Viktor Orban, are with them, and that we will demand that each of our governments provide all the help that the people of Ukraine need.
Ukraine, together with all its allies, will overcome this crisis, and after it, a new stage of recovery and reconstruction will begin from the ruins that the Russian invasion left as a memory. From this reconstruction, led by its magnificent President Zelenky, and seconded by all the Ukrainian People, they will build a new country, which will be the most modern in the West, the most sustainable, the most democratic and the most prosperous possible today. Ukraine has everything it needs in the form of the virtues of its heroic people, and it has and will have the help of friendly countries, especially the United States, the largest contributor to the support of its effort, and Europe.
I want to extend my best wishes to everyone, that we all enjoy Christmas, that we all contribute to maintaining Peace in the world. Only then can we continue to prosper and enjoy life.
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