A journalistic team from the Argentine channel C5N He was expelled from Venezuela this Wednesday at dawn, he denounced the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP).
The union reported on its X account that the team, which had arrived in the country on a flight bound for the Maiquetía international airport (which serves Caracas), was intercepted by immigration authorities. According to the SNTP, the journalists “had their passports withheld and were informed that they were not allowed entry into the country.”
The professionals spent about two hours at immigration, where they took photographs and asked them questions after delivering their documentation.
The team was made up of journalists Adrián Salonia and Nicolás Munafó, and cameraman Fabián Solís, the SNTP reported.
Dozens of questions and expulsion without explanation
The union released a video of C5N in which Salonia reports that they were asked “dozens of questions” until the authorities notified them that they did not have “allowed entry” to Venezuela.
Salonia explained that they were later taken to a plane bound for Bolivia, where they were waiting to return to Buenos Aires. “We were expelled quickly and without any explanation,” said the journalist.
Confiscation of Cardinal Baltazar Porras’ passport
This same Wednesday, Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras denounced that His passport was confiscated at the Maiquetía international airport when he was preparing to travel to Colombia – with his final destination to Spain – and was threatened with arrest when he tried to photograph a document that recorded his alleged “non-compliance with travel regulations.”
These incidents occur on the same day that the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. The winner, who has been in hiding for eleven months, was unable to attend the ceremony in Oslo, although her arrival in the Norwegian capital was expected “in a few hours,” confirmed her daughter, Ana Corina Sosa, who received the award on her behalf.
The NGO Espacio Público reported this Tuesday that in November nine violations of freedom of expression were documented in Venezuela, most related to censorship and administrative restrictions. The organization warned that there is a possible underestimation in the records due to “fear of retaliation.”
