The government's response to all the bad news? Sue the
messenger. Last week, the Venezuelan courts issued a travel ban on 22 prominent
journalists Cabello named in a defamation suit. Their offense: relaying the
story by Spanish paper ABC about a former top Venezuelan security agent who
defected in January and is cooperating with U.S. authorities to probe
Venezuelan higher-ups for human rights violations and drug trafficking. The
official backlash is no surprise. There may be little love lost between Maduro
and Cabello -- a military man who served under Chavez and always angled to
succeed him -- but both know a boligarch in trouble is bad news for the brand.
"Whoever messes with Cabello messes with me," Maduro said in a radio
broadcast Tuesday. More… 
Friday, May 22, 2015
Venezuela Sues the Messenger
The government's response to all the bad news? Sue the
messenger. Last week, the Venezuelan courts issued a travel ban on 22 prominent
journalists Cabello named in a defamation suit. Their offense: relaying the
story by Spanish paper ABC about a former top Venezuelan security agent who
defected in January and is cooperating with U.S. authorities to probe
Venezuelan higher-ups for human rights violations and drug trafficking. The
official backlash is no surprise. There may be little love lost between Maduro
and Cabello -- a military man who served under Chavez and always angled to
succeed him -- but both know a boligarch in trouble is bad news for the brand.
"Whoever messes with Cabello messes with me," Maduro said in a radio
broadcast Tuesday. More… 
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