(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela has denied a report by Spain’s ABC newspaper
that said President Nicolas Maduro ordered in 2010 the sending of 3.5
million euros ($3.9 million) to the country’s consulate in Milan to fund
the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.
The article alleges that a small suitcase was handed to Gianroberto
Casaleggio, a Five Star co-founder, through Venezuela’s consul in Milan,
Gian Carlo di Martino. It cites what it says is a classified document of Venezuelan military intelligence. Maduro was foreign affairs minister at
that time.
The report has caused waves in Italy, where all the major papers have
picked up the story and placed it in their front pages given that it
affects the biggest force in parliament and the main backer of the
government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
A spokeswoman for the Venezuelan embassy in Rome said the document cited
was a forgery and that authorities were considering legal action. Five
Star’s acting political leader Vito Crimi dismissed the report as
“simply ridiculous and fanciful fake news” in a statement sent by his office. Five Star is also considering legal action, he said.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/venezuela-denies-report-it-gave-money-to-italy-s-five-star-1.1450720
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