Venezuela in U.S. public diplomacy, 1950s–2000s: The Cold War, democratization, and the digitalization of politics

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Table 1. Most popular Twitter accounts and tweets, November 2015

Account	Tweet (Spanish with English translation)	Likes	Responses	Retweets
Nicolás Maduro	Tremenda jornada en la Cumbre UNASUR y países Árabes, y en Venezuela se mantiene la Ofensiva de Calle con el Pueblo. (“Tremendous day at the UNASUR Summit and in Arab countries and in Venezuela that have maintained the Street Campaign with the people”).	305	161	1,583
NTN24 Venezuela	“Ya está bueno ya” la campaña opositora que toca la fibra de la peor crisis de Venezuela. (“‘It’s good now,’ the opposition campaign that touches the fiber of the worst crisis in Venezuela”).	35	3	136
CNN en Español	A pesar de hacer recortes grandes en importaciones, Venezuela tiene que usar ahorros y liquidar activos. (“Despite making large cuts in imports, Venezuela has to use savings and liquidate assets”).	42	9	67
RT en Español	Venezuela logra un acuerdo birregional contra el intervencionismo de EE.UU. (“Venezuela achieves a bi-regional agreement against U.S. interventionism”).	22	4	91
BBC News Mundo	Piden en La Haya que se investigue al gobierno de #Venezuela en muertes de opositores. (“They ask in The Hague to investigate the role of the government of #Venezuela in the deaths of opponents”).	31	3	77
Unidad Venezuela	Transparencia electoral no está garantizada en Venezuela. (“Electoral transparency is not guaranteed in Venezuela”).	6	1	60

Table 2. Popularity of tweets by Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó on Twitter, January 2019

Politician	Tweet (Spanish with English translation)	Likes	Responses	Retweets
Nicolás Maduro	En un acto que reafirma la paz y la fortaleza institucional de Venezuela … cumplí con la Constitución y asumí el cargo de Presidente de la República 2019–2025, para conducir democráticamente el destino de nuestra patria hacia un futuro mejor. (“In an act that reaffirms the peace and institutional strength of Venezuela … I complied with the Constitution and assumed the Office of President of the Republic 2019–2025, to democratically lead the destiny of our country to a better future.”).	2,384	448	2,708
Juan Guaidó	Al pueblo de Venezuela y a la Comunidad Internacional, los invito que a través de los medios digitales … vean y escuchen el pronunciamiento que emitiremos desde la Directiva de la @AsambleaVE. (“I invite the people of Venezuela and the International Community to see and hear the pronouncement that we will issue from the Directive of the @AsambleaVE [National Assembly].”).	1,956	481	2,600