During the presentation of the investigation “Russia and Venezuela, allies to misinform”, Mariví Marín, executive director of Probox, asserted that the government of Nicolás Maduro disseminated biased information about the conflict through Twitter. “52.56% of the tweets were generated by inauthentic behavior,” he said
The Venezuelan State promoted trends in favor of Russia during the armed conflict with Ukraine. This was stated by Mariví Marín, executive director of Proboxorganization that fights misinformation, dDuring the presentation of the investigation “Russia and Venezuela, allies to disinform”.
The investigation, promoted by Espaja.com, Probox, Transparencia Venezuela and Cazadores de Fakes News, was presented through a Space through Espaja.com, moderated by the director of SuchWhich Víctor Amaya and in which, together with Marín, the journalist Reyes Theis Paredes participated.
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Mariví Marín asserted that the government of Nicolás Maduro disseminated biased information about the conflict through Twitter. He pointed out that the information collected in the investigation reveals how there is a “joint” effort between the two nations in terms of communications and the dissemination of propaganda.
Among the findings of the investigation is the fact that there are tourism programs and Russian cartoons “with an anti-Western narrative”.
Mariví Marín recalled that after a call between the ruler Nicolás Maduro and Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 1, the label was activated #USAdisrespect in which reference was made to the “hypocrisy” of the North American nation regarding the war in Ukraine.
“52.56% of the tweets were generated by inauthentic behavior,” he said. At the same time, she explained that they were able to specify that a trend generated by the ruling party can reach a million tweets, a figure that is comparable to the behavior of international issues that generate great attention. 80% of the content of the trends generated by the ruling party is inorganic
Starting in 2005, it was created Telesurthat chain and Russian Today They began to share material and information, said journalist Reyes Theis, an investigator for the report Russia and Venezuela, allies to misinform.
“The alliance between Russia and Venezuela transcends the diplomatic circles, the cold headquarters of the United Nations Organization, it goes beyond the military forts where Venezuelan soldiers wield modern Russian weapons and surpasses the joint work in the oil wells. Also, in terms of propaganda, there is a joint effort”, reads the investigation that can also be found on the platform of Espaja.com
The paper points out that Russia demonstrates, in addition to its interest in stopping the advance of the West in Eastern Europe, it wishes to “play strong” in the area of influence of the United States: Latin America.
«The document of the strategic lines emphasizes that the Russian Federation will seek the “development of regional and subregional integration in the area of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in the Euro-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific regions, in Africa and Latin America”, given that integration associations are becoming increasingly important in the world economy and emerge as an important factor in regional and subregional security, including peacemaking activities”, it adds.
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