China-linked media group in New York runs cover for Maduro
An “independent” media outlet tied to a pro-China megadonor aims to turn Americans against President Donald Trump for his aggressive stance toward Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
New York City-based nonprofit BreakThrough News has spent years telling its audience, which includes more than a million YouTube subscribers, that the now-captured Maduro’s socialist regime is not the corrupt “narco-state” Trump portrays it to be. The group takes large payments from the People’s Forum and the Justice and Education Fund (JEF), two left-wing nonprofits with connections to tech guru and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) supporter Neville Roy Singham, according to tax filings.
The Trump administration announced Saturday that the U.S. arrested Maduro and his wife in Venezuela on drug and weapons charges, accusing them of helping “narco-terrorists” flood the U.S. with cocaine. Two of his relatives were sentenced in New York in 2017 on similar charges. The U.S. has also had a full blockade in place for Venezuelan oil exports since December and repeatedly blown up suspected drug trafficker boats believed to be traveling from the region.
“Hours after the U.S. announced the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Celia Flores, Venezuelans hit the streets in defiance of U.S. imperialism and the abduction of their head of state,” BreakThrough News said in a Saturday X post — ignoring the opposing throngs of Venezuelanswho celebrated the dictator’s ouster both in and beyond their country.
In addition to original commentary, BreakThrough News’ messaging on Venezuela has included videosof translated remarks by Maduro denouncing Trump’s attacks and claiming that his actions are purely about obtaining oil. Trump on Saturday floated having U.S. companies invest in Venezuela’s oil infrastructure to “start making money for” America.
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