An enormous scandal is unfolding in Latin America, which says everything about politics in the 21st century. Far-right Argentine election meddling specialist Fernando Cerimedo was arrested in Bolivia after hiring hitmen to try to assassinate his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Nadia Beller. They failed, and she is now revealing the truth.
Cerimedo has deep links to the US government and Donald Trump's top allies, such as Marco Rubio. Cerimedo worked for many US-backed right-wing leaders in Latin America, including Argentina's Javier Milei, Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz, Brazil's Bolsonaro family, and Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura. Cerimedo is now also being investigated for drug trafficking.
Ben Norton explains this insane scandal, which exposes how powerful US-backed right-wing groups, with funding from rich oligarchs, are manipulating elections and destroying democracy.
Sources and links here: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/fernando-cerimedo-elections-latin-america-trump-us
Topics
0:00 Huge election meddling scandal
1:05 Criminal Fernando Cerimedo
1:40 La Derecha Diario
3:06 Attack on Nadia Beller
4:18 Drug trafficking allegations
5:26 Bot farms spread disinfo
7:36 Bots dysfunction after arrest
8:49 US government propaganda
9:36 Shield of the Americas
11:03 Neocolonial Donroe Doctrine
11:33 Op against Latin American left
13:29 Argentina's Javier Milei
13:57 Elon Musk in Argentina
14:42 Corruption in Argentina
18:42 Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz
21:01 Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura
21:42 Trump pardons drug lord JOH
22:17 Election meddling in Honduras
24:22 Election interference
25:18 Coup attempt in Brazil
26:41 Bolsonaro family
28:15 Mar-a-Lago & Latino Wall Street
30:48 Cerimedo's links to US gov't
31:35 Damián Merlo, lobbyist
32:50 Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump advisor
33:50 Lobbying in Washington
35:02 Marco Rubio & María Elvira Salazar
36:20 Brad Parscale, Trump campaign chief
39:58 La Derecha Diario erases evidence
40:58 Javier Negre, new owner
42:17 La Derecha Diario's fake news
44:18 Javier Negre takes credit for elections
45:31 US neocolonialism in Latin America
46:23 This is NOT "democracy"
47:33 Outro
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