Cabello, the No. 2 figure in Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party, is a member of the country’s National Assembly, which he presided over from January 2012 to January 2016.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former head of Venezuela’s National Assembly filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the Wall Street Journal of libeling him in an article in which it was reported that he was the target of a U.S. drug trafficking probe.
Diosdado Cabello filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court against News Corp, the newspaper’s owner, and alleged that the May 2015 article contained “false and defamatory allegations” that he was involved in criminal activities related to drug trafficking and money laundering.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from News Corp and its Dow Jones subsidiary, which was also named as a defendant. more
Irrelevant aside: in English,
“Diosdado Cabello” is
“Head Given by God”
In my opinion, Cabello is suing because he must, not because the news report is wrong.