Venezuela
Saturday 24 July 2021
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Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
“From tomorrow #24May, after the arrival from China of 1,300,000 vaccines, a new phase in immunization against the Pandemic begins. We will complete the care for health workers, education [workers] and patients with diseases that increase their vulnerability.”
Read more...Maduro offered no details about the arrival of Chinese vaccines or his vaccination plan. Venezuela has struggled to vaccinate even its most vulnerable. -
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Delcy Rodriguez
Venezuela’s vice president
“We can’t repeat in our country the scheme in rich countries, where only those who have money to get vaccinated are vaccinated.”
Read more...Vaccines are being delivered free of cost. In most countries, this accomplished through free, universal healthcare systems. -
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Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
"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."
Read more...The video’s glossy telling overlooks chronic breakdowns in Venezuela’s healthcare system. -
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Jorge Arreaza
Venezuelan foreign minister
"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 … "
Read more...Newly imposed EU sanctions on Venezuelan government officials are based on credible accusations of human rights violations, not “false arguments.” -
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Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
“We have 20 years of evidence against Leopoldo Lopez for all of his crimes, conspiracies and his fascism.”
Read more...Human rights groups and a case study by Columbia University say claims that opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez incited violent protests are bogus. -
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Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
"What a campaign of hatred, revenge and lies that have been unleashed on the Carvativir!”
Read more...Skepticism from the medical community and media about Maduro’s purported COVID-19 cure stems from a lack of data on the drug. -
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Nicolas Maduro
President of Venezuela
“I can present the medicine that 100 percent neutralizes the coronavirus, Carvativir.”
Read more...The compound Maduro called a “miracle” COVID-19 remedy has not been scientifically vetted. -
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Nicolas Maduro
President of Venezuela
“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.”
Read more...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. -
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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.
