Diosdado Cabello

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Cabello played a key role in Hugo Chávez's return to power following the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt. He became a leading member of Chavez’s Movimiento V República (MVR), and remains a leading member of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, into which MVR was merged in 2007. Governor of Miranda state from 2004 to 2008, he lost the 2008 election to prominent opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski and was subsequently appointed Public Works & Housing Minister. In November 2009, he was additionally appointed head of the National Commission of Telecommunications, a position traditionally independent from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2010, he was elected a member of parliament by his home state of Monagas. In 2011, President Hugo Chávez named him the vice president of Venezuela’s ruling party, the PSUV.Template:Not verified in body In 2012, he was elected and sworn in as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, the country’s parliament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was elected president of the National Assembly each year until 2016. He was the second and last president of the 2017 National Constituent Assembly

Cabello has been accused by Venezuelan defectors and pro-opposition media of being a major figure in the Cartel of the Suns,<ref name="ENHjan2015" /><ref name="ABCjan2015" /> using nepotism to reward friends and family members,<ref name="ATLANTIC">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and directing colectivos while paying them with funds from Petróleos de Venezuela.<ref name=":3" /> In 2013, there were at least 17 formal corruption allegations lodged against Cabello in Venezuela's prosecutors office.<ref name=":4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 26 March 2020, the U.S. Department of State offered $10 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction by the US in relation to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.<ref name=":5" />Template:Primary source inline

Described in 2013 as the second most powerful man in Venezuela,<ref name=":6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:Dead link</ref> Reuters wrote in 2012 that Cabello possessed significant "sway with the military and lawmakers plus close links to businessmen."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early life and educationEdit

Diosdado Cabello was born in El Furrial, in the state of Monagas.<ref name=VP/> In 1987, he graduated second in his class from the Venezuelan Military Academy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His measured intelligence quotient (IQ) was ranked as the fifth-highest among all students in the institution's history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> His background is in engineering. He has an undergraduate degree in systems engineering from the Instituto Universitario Politécnico de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales and a graduate degree in engineering project management from the Andrés Bello Catholic University.<ref name=VP />

Military careerEdit

While at Instituto Universitario Politécnico de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales, Cabello befriended Hugo Chávez and they played on the same baseball team.<ref name=SUNwsj>Template:Cite news</ref>

During Chávez’s abortive coup d'état of February 1992 against the government of then-President Carlos Andrés Pérez, Cabello led a group of four tanks to attack Miraflores Palace.<ref name=SUNwsj/> Cabello was jailed for his participation in the coup, though President Rafael Caldera later pardoned him with the rest of the coup participants and Cabello was released after only two years without any charges.<ref name=Chavezcomment />

Political careerEdit

After Chávez was released from jail in 1994, Cabello helped him run his political campaign as he was a prominent member of the Fifth Republic Movement Chávez was leading.Template:Citation needed Following Chávez’s 1998 electoral victory, he helped set up the pro-Chávez grassroots civil society organizations known as "Bolivarian Circles" which have been compared to Cuba's Committees for the Defence of the Revolution and are parent organizations for the Colectivos.

From 1999-2000, Cabello was head of the national telecommunications commission (CONATEL). The main telecommunications law he helped promulgate, known as the "Organic Telecommunications Law" (2000), was especially praised by the private sector.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> Specifically, it ended the state's prior monopoly on the industry and fostered a significant level of free-market competition, as Cabello's work helped increase the treasury's revenue by $400 million dollars at a time when oil prices were not especially high.<ref name=":0" />

In May 2001, he became Chavez' chief of staff, and was appointed Vice President by President Hugo Chávez on 13 January 2002, replacing Adina Bastidas.<ref name="Chavezcomment">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}"Chavez Dismisses Vice President," Associated Press, 13 January 2002.</ref> As such, he was responsible to both the president and the National Assembly, and for the relations between the executive and legislative branches of the government.

On 13 April 2002, he took on the duties of the Template:Interlanguage link on a temporary basis, replacing Pedro Carmona, head of the Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce, as interim president during the coup d'état attempt when Chávez was kept prisoner and was consequently absent from office.<ref>His first order was to send a group of elite navy troops to rescue Mr Chavez, who was being held prisoner by renegade forces at a base on a Caribbean island. Template:Cite news</ref> Upon taking office, Cabello said that "I, Diosdado Cabello, am assuming the presidency until such time as the president of the republic, Hugo Chávez Frías, appears." A few hours later, Chávez was back in office. This made Template:Interlanguage link the world’s second briefest, after that of Mexican President Pedro Lascuráin.

On 28 April 2002, Cabello was replaced as Vice President by José Vicente Rangel. Cabello was named interior minister in May 2002,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and then infrastructure minister in January 2003.

Miranda State Governor Election,
2008 Results
Candidates	Votes	%
Henrique Capriles Radonski	583.795	53,11%
Diosdado Cabello	506.753	46,10%
Source: CNE data

In October 2004, Cabello was elected to a four-year term as Governor of Miranda State. He lost the 2008 election to Henrique Capriles Radonski, and was subsequently appointed Public Works & Housing Minister. In 2009 he was additionally appointed head of Conatel.<ref name="informe21">"Chavez eliminates autonomy of broadcasting commission," Template:Webarchive Informe21, 11 November 2009.</ref> On 1 August 2009, 32 radio and 2 television stations were intervened,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> decision ordered by Cabello. The measure was received as an act of censorship by several non-governmental and international organizations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref> On 11 December 2011, Cabello was installed as the Vice-President of the United Socialist Party (PSUV), thus becoming the second most powerful figure in the party after Hugo Chávez.<ref name="BBC-2013b">Template:Cite news</ref> Cabello was appointed president of the National Assembly in early 2012 and was re-elected to that post in January 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="BBC-2013a">Template:Cite news</ref> Cabello’s status after the death of Hugo Chávez was disputed. Some argue that Cabello was constitutionally required to be the acting President, but Nicolás Maduro held the position.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Often described as the second most,<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> if not the most,Template:Citation needed powerful man in Venezuela, Reuters notes that Cabello possesses significant "sway with the military and lawmakers plus close links to businessmen."<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref> Despite serving as the leader of Chavez' party, his overall reputation is that of a pragmatist rather than an ideologue.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Television programEdit

Cabello has his own weekly program on Venezolana de Televisión, Con el Mazo Dando (Going at it with the Club).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SUNwsj" /> In that program, Cabello talks about the government's view on many political issues and presents accusations against the opposition. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has expressed concerns about how the program has intimidated people that went to the IACHR denouncing the government.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some Venezuelan commentators have compared the use of illegally recorded private conversations on programs such as Cabello's to the practices in place in the East Germany as shown in the film The Life of Others.

Amnesty International has denounced the way in which Cabello has revealed details on the travel arrangements of two human rights defenders in his program and how he routinely shows state monitoring of people that may disagree with the government.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

His wife, Marleny Contreras, was elected as a member of the National Assembly until she became minister of tourism in 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Cabello’s sister, Glenna, is a political scientist and was Counsellor of the Venezuelan Permanent Mission to the United Nations.<ref name="Assembly Hears Report from Sixth Committee">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His brother, José David, previously minister of infrastructure, is in charge of the nation’s taxes as head of SENIAT, Venezuela’s revenue service.<ref name="BBC-2013b" /> Now José David is also minister of Industries.

On 9 July 2020, Cabello tested positive for COVID-19, during the pandemic in Venezuela.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

ControversiesEdit

Template:Details Cabello was nicknamed "the octopus" by Rory Carroll for having "tentacles everywhere."<ref name=p122>Template:Cite book</ref> He is very influential in the Venezuelan government, using a network of patronage throughout the military, ministries and pro-government militias.<ref name=p122/> He was described by a contributor to The Atlantic as the "Frank Underwood" of Venezuela under whose watch the National Assembly of Venezuela has made a habit of ignoring constitutional hurdles entirely—at various times preventing opposition members from speaking in session, suspending their salaries, stripping particularly problematic legislators of parliamentary immunity, and, on one occasion, even presiding over the physical beating of unfriendly lawmakers while the assembly was meeting.<ref name="ATLANTIC" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Information presented to the United States State Department by Stratfor claimed that Cabello was "head of one of the major centers of corruption in Venezuela."<ref name=ENH2014>Template:Cite news</ref> A leaked U.S. Embassy cable from 2009 characterized Cabello as a "major pole" of corruption within the regime, describing him as "amassing great power and control over the regime’s apparatus as well as a private fortune, often through intimidation behind the scenes". The communiqué likewise created speculation that "Chavez himself might be concerned about Cabello's growing influence but unable to diminish it."<ref name="ATLANTIC"/>

Drug traffickingEdit

Cabello has been accused, by defector Leamsy Salazar, of being a leading figure in an international drug trafficking organization,<ref name="ENHjan2015">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="ABCjan2015">Template:Cite news</ref> of using nepotism to reward friends and family members by the Atlantic<ref name=ATLANTIC/> and of directing colectivos while paying them with funds from Petróleos de Venezuela by opposition media in Venezuela.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref> In 2013, there were at least 17 formal corruption allegations lodged against Cabello in Venezuela's prosecutors office.<ref name=":4" />

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Reward poster of Cabello from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Diosdado Cabello with Maduro and Ciria Flores in 2013

On 27 January 2015, reports accusing Cabello of drug trafficking emerged.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In a series of investigations by the United States government, it was stated that Cabello's alleged involvement in the drug trade as the "capo" Template:Sic (head) of the Cartel of the Suns (Spanish Cartel de los soles), had also involved high-ranking generals of Venezuelan military.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 26 March 2020, the U.S. Department of State offered $10 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction by the US in relation to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.<ref name=":5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Primary source inline

Assassination plot targeting Marco RubioEdit

In mid-July 2017, reporters in Washington, D.C. observed an increased security presence surrounding United States Senator Marco Rubio. On 13 August 2017, The Miami Herald reported that a US Department of Homeland Security memo alleged that Cabello may have initiated an assassination plot targeting Rubio, and may have contacted "unspecified Mexican nationals" to discuss killing Rubio. Cabello is a strong critic of Rubio, whom he dubbed "Narco Rubio". Rubio, who is a critic of the Venezuelan government, has led an effort in the United States government to take action against officials of the Latin American government, often singling out Cabello. The Department of Homeland Security could not verify the details involved in the threat, but took it seriously enough to contact multiple law enforcement agencies about the incident and Rubio's security detail had increased in size.<ref name="MHassCABELLO">Template:Cite news</ref>

SanctionsEdit

Cabello has been sanctioned by several countries and is banned from entering neighboring Colombia. The Colombian government maintains a list of people banned from entering Colombia or subject to expulsion; as of January 2019, the list had 200 people with a "close relationship and support for the Nicolás Maduro regime".<ref name=MaduroHeads>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name= Colombia31Jan2019>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ArgentinaEdit

In September 2024, a federal court in Buenos Aires issued an arrest warrant against Cabello and several other Venezuelan officials for crimes against humanity.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CanadaEdit

Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelan officials, including Cabello, in September 2017.<ref name= CBCCanadaSanc>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=CanadaSanc>Template:Cite news Also at Template:Usurped and El Nacional</ref> The sanctions were for behaviors that undermined democracy after at least 125 people were killed in the 2017 Venezuelan protests and "in response to the government of Venezuela's deepening descent into dictatorship".<ref name= CBCCanadaSanc/> Canadians were banned from transactions with the 40 individuals, whose Canadian assets were frozen.<ref name= CBCCanadaSanc/> The sanctions noted a rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

European UnionEdit

The European Union sanctioned Cabello and six other Venezuela officials on 18 January 2018, singling them out as being responsible for deteriorating democracy in the country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The sanctioned individuals were prohibited from entering the nations of the European Union, and their assets were frozen.<ref name=EU7>Template:Cite news</ref> Cabello, known as number two in Chavismo, had not been sanctioned by the U.S. when the European Union sanctioned him.<ref name= EU7/>

United StatesEdit

On 18 May 2018, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury placed sanctions in effect against Cabello, his wife, his brother and his "testaferro" Rafael Sarria. OFAC stated that Cabello and others used their power within the Bolivarian government "to personally profit from extortion, money laundering, and embezzlement", with Cabello allegedly directing drug trafficking activities with Vice President of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami while dividing profits with President Nicolás Maduro. The Office also stated that Cabello would use public information to track wealth individuals who were potentially drug trafficking and steal their drugs and property in order to get rid of potential competition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As a result of the sanctions, reports estimate that approximately $800 million worth of assets were frozen by the United States government. Cabello denied the reports, stating that it would be foolish to have assets located in a place where they could be seized.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

SwitzerlandEdit

On 28 March 2018, Cabello was sanctioned by Switzerland due to "human rights violations and the deterioration of the rule of law and democratic institutions", freezing their funds and banning them from entering Switzerland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

MexicoEdit

The Mexican Senate froze the assets of officials of the Maduro administration, including Cabello, and prohibited them from entering Mexico on 20 April 2018.<ref name="MexicoSanc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

PanamaEdit

In March 2018, Panama sanctioned 55 public officials, including Cabello;<ref name="PanamaSanc">Template:Cite news Also at Panama Economic and Finance Ministry Template:Webarchive</ref> the officials were sanctioned by the Panamanian government for their alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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