Diosdado Cabello | |
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| Born | April 15, 1963 Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Political party | United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) |
Diosdado Cabello Rondón (born Maturín, Monagas state; April 15, 1963) is a Venezuelan retired military officer and politician. He is a deputy to the Venezuelan National Assembly and vice-president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), where he previously served as president. He is also an active member of the army, with the rank of captain.
He entered politics after the attempted coup d'état of February 4, 1992. After Hugo Chávez came to power in February 1999, Cabello held several positions during his government. In January 2002 he was appointed Vice President of the country. From April 13 to 14, 2002, he held the presidency of Venezuela, for approximately 4 hours, after the resignation of the de facto president, Pedro Carmona Estanga, until the restoration of institutionalism, when he handed over power to the constitutional president, Hugo Chávez. He was vice-president of the Republic, occupied several ministries, such as Public Works and Housing, as well as the governorship of Miranda between 2004 and 2008.
Chávez appointed him president of the PSUV in 2011. When Chávez died, he was mentioned as his possible successor, although this did not happen. In 2012 he was elected president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, a position he held until 2016. Between 2018 and 2020, he was the president of Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly. He became a prominent member of Chávez's Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) and is considered the second most important person within the Bolivarian Revolution.
In 2014, Diosdado Cabello founded his own weekly TV program on Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), Con el Mazo Dando.
Controversies
Political persecution of communists
Cabello is one of the protagonists of the the political persecution[1] against the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) promoted by the PSUV.[2][3]
In 2021 he began to use his TV program (Con el Mazo Dando) to attack and undermine the PCV, promoting the matrix of a supposed division in the ranks of the communist party and allegeding that the PCV was subordinated to imperialist plans.[4][5]
In the end of 2021 he received supposed letters of support from "regional organizations of the PCV". In September 2022 one of the letters from individuals claiming to be PCV members was leaked, it requested the PSUV's intervention in the PCV. However, it was revealed that the signatories (Zoilo Arostegui, Carlos Fermín and Darío Fermín) were not PCV members but largely affiliated with the PSUV.
In February 4, 2023 Cabello ordered the public appearance of supposed "PCV grassroots" supporting the government's policies. The PSUV provided logistical and financial support, using individuals who pretended to be PCV members.[6][7][8]
The PSUV allocated significant resources for a meeting of these "grassroots" in February 11, 2023, which revealed that the supposed PCV members did not exist, and the PSUV recruited participants from its ranks and state organizations. The Governor's Office of the State of Monagas is probably the source of logistical and financial support for the execution of the plan of assault against the PCV.[9][10]
In March 29, 2023 Cabello introduced the leaders of the PSUV-recruited "PCV grassroots" on his TV program, one of the leaders being Griseldys Herrera, confirming that the letters from PCV members were fabricated.[11][12]
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Diosdado Cabello greets and presents the mercenary heads for the first time on his TV program "Con El Mazo Dando" #425
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Diosdado Cabello greets and presents the mercenary heads for the first time on his TV program "Con El Mazo Dando" #425
References
- ↑ "Government political persecution". ProleWiki. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ↑ Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela (2023-04). "Plan to assault and intervene in the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV)" Solidnet.
- ↑ "International News. PSUV holds fake congress to assault the Venezuelan Communist Party" (2023-05-23). Communist Party of Ireland.
- ↑ “ÚLTIMA HORA | Diosdado Cabello arremete contra la cúpula del PCV: "La actitud de ellos, es la de EEUU y son financiados por el ladrón de Rafael Ramírez"”
AlbertoRodNews (2022-08-31). "Twitter video" Twitter. - ↑ "Diosdado Cabello: La actual directiva del PCV tiene el mismo discurso que los gringos" (2023-03-30). Con el Mazo Dando.
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo (2023-02-04). "Gran Marcha en conmemoración a los 31 años del 4 de febrero". YouTube.
- ↑ "Cabello sobre militantes del PCV en marcha del 4-F: ¡Es rebelión contra las cúpulas!" (2023-02-04). Con el Mazo Dando.
- ↑ “#FebreroRebeldeConChávez Rebelión contra las cúpulas que obedecen las órdenes del imperialismo. Nosotros Venceremos!!”
Diosdado Cabello (2023-02-04). "Twitter" Twitter. - ↑ Luigino Bracci Roa desde Venezuela (2023-02-12). "Inicia proceso para quitarle al PCV su tarjeta electoral". YouTube.
- ↑ Jesús Rafael Zambrano Regional Committee Collective political leadership of the Communist Party of Venezuela in Monagas (2023-02-05). "PCV Monagas: ¿Bases del PCV o mercenarios políticos a sueldo del PSUV?" Tribuna Popular.
- ↑ Transmisión en vivo (2023-03-29). "Con El Mazo Dando - Programa 425". YouTube.
- ↑ “#17Nov/ Contralor del Estado Monagas y directoras de la #CEM sostuvieron importante encuentro con la Dra. Griseldys Herrera, Consultora Jurídica de @GobMonagas_
donde se abordaron generalidades de las contrataciones públicas adaptadas a los nuevos tiempos.
@CGRVenezuela”
Contraloría Monagas (2022-11-17). Twitter Twitter.