( CNN ) Jim Wyss is not exactly a poster child of Venezuela 's openness to foreigners -- but for while , he was one . A photo of the Miami Herald correspondent , smiling and embracing a woman , was featured Thursday as part of Venezuelan state-run television 's online tourism campaign . The tagline : `` We love Venezuela ... for receiving foreigners like one of our own . '' An inviting promotion except for the fact that the photo was taken on Wyss ' return to the United States after being detained for 48 hours by Venezuelan authorities two years ago . The image was snapped at Miami International Airport -- not at Simón Bolívar International Airport outside the Venezuelan capital -- by Miami Herald staffer Carl Juste in November 2013 , the newspaper said . Wyss ' beaming smile came when he finally arrived on American soil after his detention while reporting about contraband in the border town of San Cristobal , in the state of Tachira . Venezuelan authorities at the time said he was detained for failing to have the proper media credentials , the Miami Herald reported Friday . But Telesur officials apparently believed it was a fitting image to promote tourism in a South American nation where chronic shortages of basic goods had led to protests . The hashtag of the Twitter campaign was # AmamosaVenezuela or # We love Venezuela . On Twitter on Thursday , Wyss seemed somewhat amused : `` Irony ? @ teleSURtv has me in promo using pic from when I got OUT of Venezuela after 48hr detention . '' Numerous attempts to reach TeleSur for comment were unsuccessful . The photos of Wyss have been taken down .
Venezuelan tourism campaign features formerly detained reporter . Venezuela has been hit by a wave of kidnappings and murders in recent years as the government cracks down on opposition activists. Campaign tagline says , `` We love Venezuela ... for receiving foreigners like one of our own ''