CNN promoting coup in Venezuela, says Maduro

On Monday the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro stated that the CNN Spanish network was promoting a coup d'etat as part of a wider media war against the country's socialist government, AFP reports.

"CNN en Espanol is a network controlled by those seeking destabilization, which openly urges people to carry out a coup d'etat in Venezuela, and which is delivering a distorted version of our nation's political and social life," Maduro on national television.
Spanish-language CNN is part of a wider campaign of "brutal psychological warfare" led by the "fascist right-wing" seeking his government's demise, Maduro said.

"CNN en Espanol has become the spearhead for promoting intervention against our nation," Maduro warned.