Far Right Uses Social Media to Criminalize the Return of Migrants: President Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. April 1, 2025. X/ @RosDelgado77518

April 1, 2025 Hour: 12:32 pm

‘Social media should be spaces for reflection and revolutionary guidance, not platforms for fascist manipulation,’ he stressed.

On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denounced that far-right politician Maria Corina Machado is financing a social media campaign aimed at linking the return of Venezuelan migrants to a rise in crime.

“There is a public campaign on TikTok, financed by the fascist Maria Corina Machado, claiming that returning migrants are criminals. Let’s counter this with the Cuadrantes de Paz, and let the people tell the truth!” Maduro said, referring to the community security system promoted by the Bolivarian government.

During a meeting with candidates from the Simon Bolivar Great Patriotic (GPPSB), he coordinated with Diosdado Cabello, vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), to counter what he called the “lies of the right.”

Maduro also highlighted the leading role of organized communities and the Bolivarian Revolution in the communication battle.

FN @yvangil: “María Elvira Salazar, member of the US House of Representatives, reveals that the fascist Venezuelan far right is responsible for the hate campaign against migrants that the Trump administration has used to justify actions of criminalisation, kidnapping & torture.” pic.twitter.com/rZfwOSCN8E
— Misión de Venezuela ante la Unión Europea (@misionven_ue) April 1, 2025

“Social media should be spaces for reflection and revolutionary guidance, not platforms for fascist manipulation,” the Bolivarian leader said, urging the GPPSB candidates and communal councils to strengthen the dissemination of achievements in security and the social reintegration of migrants.

“The power of the organized people is the foundation of our Republic. Those who attempt to tarnish our peace will face justice,” Maduro said, calling for the mobilization of the structures of the Bolivarian Revolution to refute the far-righ opposition’s narrative.

Held under the slogan “Truth versus Manipulation,” the meeting with leftist candidates brought together grassroots leaders and representatives of community circuits and also served to reinforce revolutionary unity ahead of the upcoming subnational elections.