The report for which Maduro took the German channel Deutsche Welle off the air

“How the corrupt steal yours.” This is the name of the report that bothered the Government of Nicolás Maduro and caused the cancellation of the signal of the Spanish channel of the German channel Deutsche Welle (DW) in Venezuela. The 26-minute video of the program “How does it affect you” addressed the issue of corruption in different Latin American countries, and part of the note alluded to the alleged links between Venezuelan military and politicians with the so-called Cartel of the Suns.

On Monday, Venezuela’s Minister of Communication and Information, Freddy Nañezannounced the expulsion from the channel D.W. of all cable companies in the country, accusing the television station of “dissemination of content and promotion of hate propaganda” against the nation.

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Ñáñez described as “false” what was reported by DW about Venezuela. “Their frauds are disgusting, but the poverty of their content is also sad,” he added.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks to his supporters during a demonstration in Caracas on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Federico PARRA/AFP). (FEDERICO PARRA/)

Then the channel itself D.W. denounced in a statement the cancellation due to Venezuela of its signal, a measure that considered an “attack on press freedom”It is demanded restoration of the signal.

“We strongly appeal to Venezuelan government restore distribution channel distribution as quickly as possible. DW TV in Spanish. The cancellation of the distribution of D.W. It is a serious attack on the freedom of people in Venezuela be informed independently”, said the general director of this medium in the statement, Pedro Limbourg.

“Millions of people fled Venezuela during the regime Mature. Freedom of the press practically does not exist. That he reacts with absurd comparisons to a criticism based on facts is something that fits this profile. Defamation, censorship, Internet blocks and dissemination of false information about D.W. and its informative work, is something we face in a growing number of countries. “We will continue to do everything we can to reach people living under authoritarian regimes,” she added.

But what bothered Maduro so much? In a video published on social media, the Venezuelan journalist Ernesto Fuenmayor summarized in just over a minute the part of the report that referred to Venezuela as the second most corrupt country in the world, where the Cartel of the Suns He allegedly traffics drugs and gold with complete impunity due to the complicity of politicians.

“In Venezuela there is a mafia state. High-ranking politicians participate in the Los Soles Cartela criminal network mainly made up of military personnel. They traffic cocaine, illegally mined gold, and they extort. Those involved made a lot of money. And you know how it is: happy army, happy Nicolás Maduro. This relationship between the State and organized crime has made Venezuela in the second most corrupt country in the world, according to Transparency International”, he states. Fuenmayor.

“He Los Soles Cartel It has the support of mayors and governors of key regions for drug trafficking, which is very convenient. It is not known whether Maduro plays an active role, But what we know is that justice is not independent and is in the hands of the Government. Therefore, it is no surprise that they are permissive with their team members. Especially if this provides stability to madurismo. All this information comes from the prestigious investigative organization Insight Crime”, concludes the journalist.

Venezuela is the second most corrupt country in the world

High-ranking politicians participate in the Cartel dos Sóis, a criminal network made up mainly of military personnel. They traffic cocaine, illegally extract gold and extort. Those involved made a lot of money.

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-DW Español (@dw_espanol) March 4, 2024

On Monday, on his weekly program on state television called “With Mature+”the Venezuelan president reacted to the report by calling DW a “Nazi” channel.

“They have a small campaign run by CNN en Español, CNN in general; by the Associated Press, AP; by all these means, among them a Nazi vehicle from Germany, the DWDeutsche Welle (…), saying that all the crimes committed today in the world are committed by Venezuelans”, he stated. Mature.

“They want to show that everything bad in the world is here, they seek to stain me to attack the country. We must be vigilant,” he continued.

Mature He also rejected journalistic reports about the expansion of the Venezuelan criminal gang in Latin America. Aragua Train.

In 2017, Maduro took CNN en Español off the air.

He National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) in Venezuela recalled that since 2010, at least 14 international channels were removed from pay television providers in the country due to pressure from the Chavista regime.

He mentioned Tv Chile, América Network, Ritmo Son, Momentum, América TV, NTN24, Caracol Televisión, RCN, El Tiempo, CNN, TV Azteca, 24 Horas TVN and now Deutsche Welle in Spanish.

It is worth remembering that in February 2017, The Maduro regime ordered the news network CNN en Español off the air, after accusing her of carry out “war propaganda” against them.

The day before the censorship, Venezuela’s then chancellor, Delcy Rodríguez, described it as “absolutely a lie.” what was reported in a CNN en Español report about an alleged network that sells Venezuelan passports to Middle Eastern citizens.

In turn, the state-owned Conatel stated in a statement that CNN en Español programming “emerges, in a clear and perceptible way, content that allegedly constitutes direct attacks that threaten peace and democratic stability” in Venezuela.

In protest at what happened to DW, the National College of Journalists of Venezuela stated on its social networks: “Without a free press, there is a dictatorship… Censorship is yet another attack on freedom of expression.”

Source: Elcomercio