The US warns Latin Americans that Russia wants to “manipulate” them against Ukraine

U.S warns Latin Americans that Russia tries to “manipulate” them through an alleged disinformation campaign in Spanish with which the Kremlin seeks to justify the invasion of Ukraine and denigrate the image of washington in the region.

In an interview with EFE, the head of the State Department’s anti-propaganda office James Rubinconfesses that the Administration Joe Biden is worried about difficulties Ukraine obtain support from governments Latin America and want Moscow stop”deceive them”.

“Russia planned a continent-wide disinformation campaign to try to manipulate Latin American voters through disinformation and the spread of crazy ideas.”explains the coordinator of State Department Center for Global Engagement.

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From Chile to the rest of the region

According to the Administration Bidenthe Russian government orchestrates since Pepper a campaign to recruit local media outlets and opinion leaders from across Latin America to spread their propaganda, hiding the hand of Kremlin what’s behind.

A team is responsible for preparing the content in Russia and sends the material to its population in the region so that it can be disseminated in Spanish and Portuguese through local media and so that it appears to be independent information.

“We believe that this happens throughout the region, in all countries, just as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela and Brazil”, Rubin says.

According to the senior official, the messages that the Kremlin spreads in Latin America try to “justify the unjustifiable”, he explains in reference to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

For example, they accuse Kiev of having “biological weapons, among other crazy ideas”.

“But people in Latin America we must remember that it is not an opinion but a fact that Russia decided one morning to invade its neighbor with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and then commit atrocities in Ukraine against the people who live there“, states To scrub.

The coordinator of the anti-propaganda office also denounces that Moscow wants to make people believe that the United States “is to blame” for this war, but “It was Russia’s decision to invade its neighbor”he insists.

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Concerned about insufficient support for Ukraine

Several left-wing governments in Latin America distanced themselves from the United States and expressed neutrality in the face of the war in Ukraine, which showed the influence that Russia has in the region.

“We are concerned about the difficulties that the people and Government of Ukraine have in obtaining full support for Latin America, Africa and other countries Asia”confess To scrub.

For this reason, Washington wants Russia to stop “deceive the people of Latin America and make them think there is some justification for a full-scale invasion of their neighbor.”

To scrub emphasizes that Moscow has every right to express its opinions through official channels and media, such as RT or Sputnik, but what is reprehensible is that it “hides its hand” behind an alleged fake news campaign.

The Administration of Biden He believes that the Kremlin chose to manipulate the media in this region because in Latin America there is freedom of the press and historical support for what was the Soviet Union.

Also to try to sow the image that “U.S It is a colonial government and Russia is an anti-colonial government, which is not true”, emphasizes Rubin.

The US Administration guarantees that it contacted governments on the continent to alert them about the alleged Russian disinformation campaign.

According to To scrubthis is a “problem” that must also face journalists and readers from the region, whom it invites to try to identify “when the Russians are trying to manipulate them.”

“I think the most important thing is for people to ask themselves some questions when they read, hear or see something about Russia that surprises them and makes them think that maybe the Russians aren’t so bad after all and that it’s all Russia’s fault. U.S“, says the person responsible.

Source: Elcomercio

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