It could have been him, not Maduro, the current president of Venezuela. Diosdado Cabello, the new Venezuelan Interior Ministerhas played an important role in Chavismo since the 1992 coup attempt.
Now we know that he is the one who announced the arrest of two Spaniards on Venezuelan territoryBut Cabello had already been known for many years in this Latin American country.
The lieutenant was the other candidate to succeed Hugo Chavezbut he eventually leaned toward Maduro. Rumor has it that the two have always had a certain rivalry. Perhaps that is why he was absent from the executive branch for 14 years until this summer, when Maduro entrusted him with control of public order, after his controversial victory.
“We’re going to fuck them,” he declared against the protests and the opposition. Belonging to the hard wing of Chavismo, Cabello is its visible face. The most visible since 2014 she has presented “Au pont donne”, a weekly show where He usually discredits opponents of Chavismoeven accusing them of serious crimes. “Edmundo González is a murderer,” he said on his show.
Allegations that, according to a UN report, have led to arbitrary criminal prosecutions. And the hair He does not hesitate to use intelligence reports or recordings obtained without a court order.
He also closed 32 radio stations while he was director of Venezuelan telecommunications. An old friend of Chavismo who does not hesitate to attack anyone who dares to criticize the Venezuelan government.
