The US just sanctioned businessman Alex Saab for "wide-scale corruption" in food programs meant to help the Venezuelan people. The news shows the power of investigative journalism - and the courage of ICIJ members @jopoliszuk @Ewalds6 (thread)
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@jopoliszuk @Ewalds6 Their outlet @ArmandoInfo published stories showing that Saab, working w cronies in senior posts in the Maduro regime, were ripping off food programs even as children in Venezuela were dying of hunger. Here's one of their stories
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@jopoliszuk @Ewalds6 @ArmandoInfo Of course, Saab didn't like what they revealing, & the Maduro regime didn't either. So Saab sued Joseph, Ewald and others, forcing the journalists to flee the country in fear of imprisonment. I spoke w Joseph after that happened
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@jopoliszuk @Ewalds6 @ArmandoInfo But they didn't abandon the story. They fled bc they knew that from abroad they would be able to keeping telling the story of food programs being corrupted in a country stricken by hunger. Here's a story revealing milk formula for kids was adulterated
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@jopoliszuk @Ewalds6 @ArmandoInfo Recently @ArmandoInfo won the Maria Moors Cabot award, a top honor for Latin American journalism. And it just partnered w ICIJ on #BriberyDivision, exposing corruption across Latin America. To keep societies honest - support investigative journalism!
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