Venezuelan-American journalist sounds alarm on pro-Maduro protests, calls them a 'threat to national security'
- Barone Media Solutions Incorporated
- Jan 6
- 1 min read
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A Venezuelan-American journalist who fled the South American country as a child condemned protesters calling to "free Maduro," denouncing the demonstrations as an insult to Venezuelans who suffered under the regime and a threat to U.S. national security.
"It's disgusting, both as an American and as a Venezuelan. It's so obvious there's not one Venezuelan in those protests," said Germania Rodriguez Poleo, who escaped Venezuela with her mother when she was 11 years old.
"These people are disrespecting our tragedy, are disrespecting our political prisoners, those we have lost, those who are still in Venezuela's jails, those who are still starving."
Poleo called the demonstrations "absolutely shameful" Tuesday on "Fox & Friends" and said the fact that so many Americans went out to show support for a "criminal dictatorship" was a "threat to national security."
She said her mother, also a journalist, was accused of terrorism for speaking out against then-Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, forcing them into hiding before fleeing the country.
Even after American forces captured Nicolás Maduro last week, Poleo said the country remains under authoritarian control.
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