# International press-freedom bodies documented the Cabello–El Nacional litigation as a sustained pressure campaign

Date: 2022

By the end of 2022, the IACHR Special Rapporteur's record connected the sequence from [Cabello](/people/diosdado-cabello)'s 2015 litigation to the large damages judgment, seizure and adjudication of El Nacional's headquarters, his later threat to pursue its website, and reported digital blocking. This establishes a multi-year coercive process rather than isolated litigation milestones. [Organization of American States](https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/reports/IA2022ENG.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Cabello PSUV strongman and interior repression: https://factrail.ai/drivers/cabello-psuv-strongman

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/07/15/submission-universal-periodic-review-bolivarian-republic-venezuela
- https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/reports/IA2022ENG.pdf

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/cabello-el-nacional-long-run-judicial-pressure