July 25, 2024

Venezuela Court Seizes El Nacional Media Building in Civil Defamation Case

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One of Venezuela’s oldest newspapers was evicted from its own building Friday, after members of the National Guard, accompanied by a judge, executed a court order. The Caracas offices of El Nacional were seized as part of a civil defamation case in which a court ordered the media outlet to pay more than US $13 million to Diosdado Cabello, a high-ranking official in Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party and former president of the National Assembly.   By Gustavo Ocando Alex. Full Text ->VOA

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