Venezuela
Friday 23 April 2021
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“We can’t repeat in our country the scheme in rich countries, where only those who have money to get vaccinated are vaccinated.”
Vaccines are being delivered free of cost. In most countries, this accomplished through free, universal healthcare systems. -
"One year into the creation of the Presidential Commission on Prevention and Fighting Covid-19, I can say with certainty that we have built a method to serve our people and protect their lives."
The video’s glossy telling overlooks chronic breakdowns in Venezuela’s healthcare system. -
"To use false arguments against honorable citizens in reaction to the frustration of a group of member states of the European Union for the manifest ineffectiveness of their actions to force a change of government by force in Venezuela is nothing more than another reckless decision … "
Newly imposed EU sanctions on Venezuelan government officials are based on credible accusations of human rights violations, not “false arguments.” -
“We have 20 years of evidence against Leopoldo Lopez for all of his crimes, conspiracies and his fascism.”
Human rights groups and a case study by Columbia University say claims that opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez incited violent protests are bogus. -
"What a campaign of hatred, revenge and lies that have been unleashed on the Carvativir!”
Skepticism from the medical community and media about Maduro’s purported COVID-19 cure stems from a lack of data on the drug. -
“I can present the medicine that 100 percent neutralizes the coronavirus, Carvativir.”
The compound Maduro called a “miracle” COVID-19 remedy has not been scientifically vetted. -
“I see many Venezuelans … who live abroad from the wave of emigration, who went after the [protests] in 2017, 2018, 2019; the National Institute of Statistics estimates that this could reach about 600,000 Venezuelans … Many were misled by social media.”
Maduro grossly underestimates how many Venezuelans have fled the country’s economic and humanitarian crisis. The United Nations estimates 5.4 million people have fled since 2014. -
“[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.”
Even former supporters of Maduro’s government have accused it of corruption. Saab himself is detained in Africa on suspicion of money laundering. -
“Chinese CoronaVac vaccine shows 97 percent efficacy”
The 97 percent number refers to the rate of people who developed antibodies after vaccination, not whether they were free of infection. -
“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.”
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. -
“In Venezuela, we have given an example of the treatment of the coronavirus for all citizens.”
Widespread fragility characterizes Venezuela’s coronavirus response, intensified by chronic economic, political and humanitarian crises under Maduro. -
"Santiago de Chile. October 18, 2020. One year after the popular mobilization.”
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.