Maduro calls German news channel Deutsche Welle “Nazi”

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Madurodescribed the German news channel as “Nazi” this Monday Deutsche Welle (D.W.), following a journalistic report on corruption in the Caribbean country.

He National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) reported in X that the channel’s signal “went off the air” on two of the main local cable operators.

READ TOO: Venezuela cancels cable channel DW, which denounces attack on press freedom

Mature accused DW of participating in “a campaign”media against Venezuelathe president’s usual accusation against the international press.

“They have a campaign run by CNN in Spanish, CNN in general; per Associated Press, SHOVEL; by all these means, including a Nazi means of GermanyO DW, O Deutsche Welle (…), saying that all the crimes that are committed in the world today are Comment from Venezuelans“, said the government official on his weekly program on state television.

“Be alert with this campaign, which is to tarnish Venezuela and in the end, try stain me AM“Yes,” he continued.

The director of the German network, Pedro Limbourgasked the Venezuelan government in a statement “restore channel distribution as quickly as possible”, and added that “the cancellation of the distribution of D.W. It is a serious attack on the freedom of people in Venezuela to obtain independent information”.

“Millions of people fled Venezuela during the regime Mature. There is practically no press freedom. That he reacts with absurd comparisons to a criticism based on facts is something that fits this profile”he added.

D.W. published a report on corruption that accuses “high-ranking politicians” in Venezuela of being involved in drug trafficking, illegal mining and extortion.

Mature rejected reports about the expansion of the Venezuelan criminal gang in Latin America Aragua train.

Previously, the Minister of Communications, Freddy Nañezaccused DW of “lying, defaming and spreading hatred against Venezuela”, in a message in X in which he called “false” (fake news) journalistic report from the channel. “Their frauds are disgusting, but the poverty of their content is also sad,” he added.

Deutsche Welle indicated that its content remains accessible on Venezuela on the web page dw.com and on social media.

Organizations that defend the freedom of expressionas Public placereported a “climbing”against the media in Venezuela during two decades of Chavista governments, documenting the closure of more than 200 newspapers, radio and television stations.

CNN en Español was taken off the air by Venezuelan cable operators in 2017, by order of the government, when Mature accused the American network of being part of a “conspiracy”. Colombian news services NTN24 It is Slug They were also banned.

DW was temporarily suspended in 2019, which SNTP considered “a retaliation”For coverage of the massive opposition protests that year.

Source: Elcomercio

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