# Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered El Nacional to pay major damages to Cabello

Date: 2021

Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered El Nacional to pay damages valued at roughly US$13 million in [Cabello](/people/diosdado-cabello)'s civil defamation case arising from the newspaper's republication of the 2015 allegations. CPJ described the award as disproportionate and potentially chilling to independent media; the IACHR later incorporated the ruling into its freedom-of-expression reporting. [Committee to Protect Journalists](https://cpj.org/es/2021/04/tribunal-supremo-de-justicia-de-venezuela-le-ordena-al-diario-el-nacional-pagar-una-indemnizacion-de-13-millones-de-dolares-en-juicio-por-difamacion/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

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

## Sources

- https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/reports/IA2022ENG.pdf
- https://cpj.org/es/2021/04/tribunal-supremo-de-justicia-de-venezuela-le-ordena-al-diario-el-nacional-pagar-una-indemnizacion-de-13-millones-de-dolares-en-juicio-por-difamacion/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/el-nacional-damages-ruling-2021