Letter+to+the+Editor

**About the election of the New Seven Wonders of the Modern World**



The new seven wonders of the world were chosen in an international contest promoted by the New Open World Corporation Company. The voting took place through the company´s web page([|www.new7wonders.com/]), also through SMS and phone calls to a pay number. In the voting process, there was no problem if the same person wanted to vote several times through the same phone or computer. Without a question, it was a worldwide contest, with the participation of more than 100 million people; however, in my opinion, the contest was not effectively promoted in the underdeveloped countries of the world. There are proofs that the majority of the votes and calls came from developed countries and this is due to the lack of publicity in the rest of the world. For example, in Venezuela I personally didn´t hear quite much about it until recently, three years after the contest, and I know many people who haven´t heard anything about it at all. I don´t know the exact reasons for this situation, but it is fair to say that it didn´t affect the results of the voting, since only one of the new seven wonders belong to a developed country. Kelly Cabarcas

Caracas-Venezuela

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