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Reuters: US Preparing Indictment Against Venezuela's Rodríguez

Did Reuters expose real fraud allegations against Delcy Rodríguez or publish fabricated fake news to damage her reputation?

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Reuters: US Preparing Indictment Against Venezuela's Rodríguez

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Above: Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright in Caracas on Feb. 11. Image credit: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Maduro narrative

The corruption and money laundering accusations against Delcy Rodriguez are completely fabricated fake news without any evidence, part of a disinformation campaign that aims solely to destabilize Venezuela and damage the reputation of its authorities. Even the U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has dismissed the Reuters report as false, questioning how such misinformation reaches publication.

Con El Mazo Dando

Anti-Maduro narrative

Reuters published accurate information about a long-going criminal investigation into Rodríguez involving fraud. It's unclear what Blanche knows about the matter given that he has been at the Department of Justice for less than a year and what his reasons were to publicly dismiss the report. Likely, this reaction is related to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Bugrum's upcoming visit to Venezuela.

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