Venezuela
Sunday 17 January 2021
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Alex Saab
Colombian businessman
“[T]he only corruption I have seen is from the famous Americans lobbyists who go there and steal millions of dollars from the government promising to fix the situation between the countries.”
Read more...Even former supporters of Maduro’s government have accused it of corruption. Saab himself is detained in Africa on suspicion of money laundering. -
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Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (VTV)
Venezuela’s government official television station
“Chinese CoronaVac vaccine shows 97 percent efficacy”
Read more...The 97 percent number refers to the rate of people who developed antibodies after vaccination, not whether they were free of infection. -
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Diosdado Cabello
President of the Constituent National Assembly
“We can say today that of all the countries of the Americas, the most politically stable country on the continent is the Bolivarian Homeland, the Homeland of Chávez, they (imperialism and its lackeys) know it, hence the blockade, the sanctions, persecution and baseless accusations every day.”
Read more...The country has fallen into a political, economic and humanitarian crisis in great part due to corruption, mismanagement of funds and poor leadership, which predate the sanctions. -
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Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
“In Venezuela, we have given an example of the treatment of the coronavirus for all citizens.”
Read more...Widespread fragility characterizes Venezuela’s coronavirus response, intensified by chronic economic, political and humanitarian crises under Maduro. -
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Patricia Villegas Marin
president of Venezuela state TV
"Santiago de Chile. October 18, 2020. One year after the popular mobilization.”
Read more...This description of a protest photo is wrong. Although there were protests in Santiago de Chile on October 18, 2020, the photo is from 2019. -
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Jorge Arreaza
Venezuela’s foreign minister
“A report plagued with falsehoods, prepared remotely, without any methodological rigor, by a phantom mission directed against Venezuela and controlled by governments subordinate to Washington, illustrates the perverse practice of engaging in politics with human rights …”
Read more...Human rights abuses in Venezuela have been widely reported in recent years. The latest U.N. report corroborates previous findings. -
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Nicolás Maduro
Venezuelan president
“Donald Trump approved that they kill me, that they kill me. Listen, I’m not exaggerating!”
Read more...In March, the U.S. indicted Maduro on narcoterrorism charges, and offered a $15 million reward for any information leading to him or for his capture, not his assassination. -
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Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
"The simple and heartfelt testimony of Norkis Obispo, a warrior from the [Venezuelan] Plains recovered from the Coronavirus, thanks to the treatments, care and care of all health personnel."
Read more...The video paints an optimistic picture of the situation in Venezuela, yet just two days after it was published, the staff at the same hospital went on strike over a lack of equipment and supplies.
