30 143. The representative claimed that the victim must be compensated for lost wages as of his arrest The representative set the amount of US$ 233.685, 08 (two hundred thirty-three thousand six hundred eighty-five with 08/100 cents dollars of the United States of America). 144. As to the non-pecuniary damage, the representative indicated that during two years, Mr. Barreto Leiva suffered “a systematic and aggressive campaign, verbal insults, slander, lies and strong epithets, most of them degrading, daily transmitted by radio, television and printed media”. It further asserted that his social life was “seriously affected” and that he was forced to send his two minor daughters to study abroad. The amount that, for this item, is requested substantially varies from the brief of pleadings and motions to the brief of final arguments. While in the first brief, the representative requested US$ 150.000, 00 (a hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the United States of America), in the last brief, it requested US$ 250.000, 00 (two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the United States of America). The representative did not explain the reason for such an increase. 145. Finally, the representative indicated that Mr. Barreto Leiva had to incur in medical expenses "in order to receive psychological rehabilitation after having been publicly attacked". The representative asked as compensation for this item the amount of US$ 5.000, 00 (five thousand dollars of the United States of America). The representative did not furnish any type of supporting evidence for these expenses. 146. The State mentioned, in a general way, that "all the ups and downs that Mr. Oscar Barreto Leiva went through, after being tried by the Venezuelan courts [...] were the result of the mistakes made during the performance of his role as public servant”. 147. In the first place, the Tribunal emphasizes that the pecuniary damage as well as the non-pecuniary damage so alleged do not relate to the violations of the American Convention mentioned in this Judgment, but to the conviction of Mr. Barreto Leiva, at the domestic level. As established in paragraph 24 supra, it does not fall upon the Court to analyze the guilt or innocence of Mr. Barreto Leiva and, therefore, to order reparations in this regard; rather, the Court must solely and exclusively analyze the violations of the Convention declared in this judgment. It is for the domestic courts to assess which are the reparations that should be ordered for Mr. Barreto Leiva in case the situation indicated in paragraph 130 supra occurs. 148. Based on the foregoing, the Tribunal abstains from ordering a compensation for the alleged pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage under the terms mentioned by the representative. The Court, however, must acknowledge that the violations declared in this Judgment resulted in a non-pecuniary damage, since it is part of human nature itself that any person who suffers a violation of their human rights experiments suffering.82 Therefore, the Court equitable determines the amount of US$ 15.000, 00 (fifty thousand dollars of the United States of America) that must be delivered to Mr. Barreto Leiva directly. 6.2. Reimbursement of costs and expenses 149. In the brief of pleadings and motions, the representative pointed out that the “cost of the filing of the remedies before the domestic instances, investigation in courts, press and television since the year 1996 to the present, plus the photocopies, 82 Cf. Case of Reverón TrujilloV. Venezuela, supra note 21, para. 176.

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