MIAMI – Venezuela’s Diosdado Cabello announced on Twitter Thursday that he was diagnosed with COVID-19. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Cabello is resting.
Maduro also announced Zulia Gov. Omar Prieto was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Maduro’s opposition and human rights activists accuse his administration of lying about the true impact of the coronavirus pandemic amid a collapsing healthcare system.
Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez and the Brazilian President Jair Bolosonaro also announced they were diagnosed with COVID-19 this week.
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