They didn’t know many people who had moved to the United States, but pictures and videos of Venezuelans on Facebook and TikTok showed young, smiling families in nice clothes standing in front of new cars boasting of beautiful new lives.
I’m not one to believe that foreign disinformation campaigns contribute as much as the media would like me to. I think that a lot of USA citizens truly are as terrible as they are and want fascism without being tricked by Russia. But this sure sounds like a disinfo campaign by a foreign power.
Just weeks after arriving in Denver, Herrera began to wonder if the success she had seen was real. She and her friends had developed another theory: The hype around the U.S. was part of some red de engaño, or network of deception.
Seems I’m not the only one.
In fact, former President Donald Trump last week called attention to the city, suggesting a Venezuelan gang had taken over an apartment complex. Authorities say that hasn’t happened.