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LIES & DISTORTIONS: Monitoring Russian and Chinese Misinformation in Latin America

Guatemala

RT gives Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales a platform to disparage CICIG

September 26, 2018

RT's decision to publish an article on Morales' speech without any context or details on the ongoing cross-societal protests calling for his resignation ...
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Global Americans monitors four state news sources that have quickly gained influence in the region —Russia Today and Sputnik from Russia, and Xinhua and People’s Daily from China — to understand how they portray events for readers in Latin America and the Caribbean. Examining the authors, the headlines, the sources used, and the content, wefeature articles that clearly intend to advance a partial view, agenda or an out-and-out mistruth, labeling them either False or Misleading, explaining why the Global Americans team has determined them so.