Armand.info is known for its investigative reporting.
By Committee to Protect Journalists
HAVANA TIMES – Venezuelan authorities should retract their allegations of attempted bribery against the investigative news website Armando.Info and stop harassing its journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.
During a televised news conference on Tuesday, Attorney General Tarek William Saab, an ally of authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro, claimed that Armando.Info was part of a “media structure” that was using extortion to wage a dirty war against the government.
Saab said that Armando.Info had demanded bribes from Tareck El Aissami during his term as oil minister from 2020 to 2023. In exchange, Saab alleged that Armando.Info promised to soften or kill negative articles about him, his allies, and the state-run oil company, and to criticize El Assiami’s government rivals. El Aissami, who served as vice president before becoming oil minister, was arrested on corruption charges