The Latin Times reports:
Just days after urging Venezuelan citizens to denounce each other through a government app, president Nicolás Maduro has declared that TikTok and Instagram “multiply hate” in the country and vowed to regulate both apps though the Security Council. In a televised speech, Maduro called out both social media apps and said they incite hate among Venezuelans and against his government.
Maduro also went after Elon Musk, with whom he has had a public feud since the electoral fallout on July 28. Maduro doubled down, claiming that Musk is part of a satanic cult. “Look at the diabolic symbols that Elon Musk uses. Look at his profile, diabolic symbols on his chest. He’s part of satanic cults created by U.S. powers that have articulated other cults like Milei’s in Argentina or here in Venezuela.”
ABC News reported last week:
While a highly-anticipated proposed fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg never came to fruition, those who want to see Musk use his fists may get their wish. On Wednesday, Musk accepted a challenge to a fight from Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela.
In a public address, Maduro fired back at Musk, saying in Spanish that he went “off the rails.” He also told Musk that they could settle their differences physically.
“I am not afraid of you,” he said in Spanish. “Let’s go at it. Wherever you want. As we say in Caracas in the neighborhoods, if you want it, I want it, Elon Musk.” Musk accepted, but apparently doesn’t think this fight will happen. “He will chicken out,” the Tesla CEO tweeted.
Reminder: Musk has billions in federal contracts.
Nicolás Maduro claims that Javier Milei and Elon Musk are members of a Satanic Cult, he also links them to the “occult forces” behind Adolf H1tler. pic.twitter.com/C8Uy6AQFBS
— Crazy Ass Moments in LatAm Politics (@AssLatam) August 5, 2024
I accept
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 31, 2024