Sputnik publishes Maduro’s invite to EU to witness Venezuelan democracy without fact checking

The Sputnik piece details Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s invitation to European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini to visit Venezuela and witness “a profound democracy” firsthand. Maduro’s invitation was a reaction to a statement expressing concern over the Venezuelan refugee crisis released by Mogherini and other European ministers of foreign affairs in September. The piece quotes Maduro as saying: “To the Chancellor of the European Union, to the ambassadors, I tell them, if they want to know a profound democracy, visit the communes, it is another democracy that Venezuela has, the power is held by the communes, the comuneros, the popular power.” More…