Still, Republicans spent much of the 2020 campaign trying to paint Biden and other Democrats as radicals who wanted to push socialist policies in the U.S. The message was geared especially toward Hispanic voters in Florida, many of whom have roots in socialist countries like Venezuela and Cuba.The Biden administration’s policy announcements this week appeared to reopen the doors to those attacks. By Brett Samuels and Rafael Bernal. Full Text-> The Hill

Traducción de cortesía -> Aún así, los republicanos pasaron gran parte de la campaña de 2020 tratando de pintar a Biden y a otros demócratas como radicales que querían impulsar políticas socialistas en los EE. UU. El mensaje estaba dirigido especialmente a los votantes hispanos en Florida, muchos de los cuales tienen raíces en países socialistas como Venezuela y Cuba. Los anuncios de política de la administración Biden esta semana parecieron reabrir las puertas a esos ataques.

Venezuela’s apply of digital election theft started with the 2004 recall referendum. It was riddled with irregularities. However Venezuelans have been denied requests for a statistically sound audit whereas the Carter Middle and former President Jimmy Carter, the Group of American States, and the Bush State Division rushed to endorse the shortage of transparency. It’s a file price reviewing. By Mary Anastasia O’Grady. Full Text -> APKMetroPortlandNews

On the Dominion voting website, it states that Dominion has never been and is not currently owned by Smartmatic: “Dominion is an entirely separate company and a fierce competitor to Smartmatic. Dominion and Smartmatic do not collaborate in any way and have no affiliate relationships or financial ties. Dominion does not use Smartmatic software.” (www.dominionvoting.com/). Full Text-> Reuters

Nearly 50 percent of Latino voters in Florida who are not Cuban or Puerto Rican voted for Trump. Here’s what helped the Republicans in 2020. By Carmen Sesin. Full Text -> NBCNews

According to falsehoods being told on his behalf and embraced by him, the U.S. election was manipulated by scheming from a dead Venezuelan strongman, by a computer system capable of flipping Trump votes to Joe Biden ones across the country, and by something weird happening in Germany. If that’s not enough, the communists are coming. By Calvin Woodward and Ali Swenson. Full Text -> ChicagoTribune

The president’s legal team took to Twitter to distance themselves from Ms Powell, who has claimed Venezuelan communists helped to interfere in the US election, and to insist she was not working for the outgoing president. By Graeme Massie. Full Text and video -> Independent

That may be a reason, but as a Latino living in the Venezuelan/Colombian-American area of Doral, Fla., I can tell you that Mr. Trump’s campaign was able to, on one hand, sell the idea that a Joe Biden administration would be a Trojan horse for socialism. Many Venezuelan-Americans, who fled the failed socialism in Venezuela, are terrified with the prospect of living in that situation again. Full Text-> WSJ

Echoing disputed statements shared on social media and reiterated during interviews over the weekend, Giuliani attempted to draw connections between Dominion Voting Systems, Venezuelan government officials, and George Soros, a billionaire investor who donated to Biden’s presidential campaign. Dominion is a U.S.-Canadian company, with headquarters in Toronto and Denver. By Emily Czachor -> Newsweek

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is blaming his rival, opposition leader Juan Guaido, for U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent reelection defeat. Maduro said Thursday, he received a message from someone in the United States he refused to identify, that if Trump had trusted Maduro instead of Guaido, the election result would have been different. Full Text -> VOA

At no point did Trump’s legal team offer any proof for their allegations of widespread fraud. Jenna Ellis, a legal adviser for the campaign, said the group was laying out an “introductory statement” with more to come, and called the team an “elite strike force.” Also working for the campaign, attorney Sidney Powell made extreme, baseless claims about communist Venezuela and George Soros supposedly interfering in the US election. Giuliani on multiple occasions made allegations citing individuals he said couldn’t be revealed for their own safety and wellbeing. By Tara Subramaniam, Holmes Lybrand. Full Text -> CNN