Maduro announces Presidential Commission

“I will ask for the support of Russia, Cuba, China, and Iran, [for this] presidential commission to [investigate] the cyberattack,” declared Nicolás Maduro yesterday. The commission will be headed by his vice-resident, Delcy Rodríguez. Attorney General, Tarek William Saab will also be part of the commission.

Maduro, however, already knows the results of the investigations before the Commission. He reported that the “cyberattack against Guri” was launched from the cities of Houston and Chicago. He insisted that the attack has been proven beyond doubt and that his government has the evidence: “We already have the evidence of who did it and how he did it, [this evidence] shows that the blackout came from the United States.

Guaidó Investigated

The Venezuelan government is not about to respond to this unprecedented act of imperial aggression with a counterattack against the United States. It will however continue to use its conspiracy theory to crack internal dissent.

Maduro’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said his office is opening an investigation against Juan Guaidó for his “participation in the attack”. Saab will ask the courts to forbid Guaidó from leaving the country and to freeze his bank accounts.