"His nickname is the Octopus, he hosts a TV show called Hitting it with a Sledgehammer and many Venezuelans consider him the real power in the land. Diosdado Cabello runs the regime's security apparatus and is perhaps the most feared, reviled and, in some quarters, revered government figure, with influence to rival that of the interim president, Delcy Rodriguez. As interior minister, Cabello controls the police and prisons and after three decades at the heart of Chavismo his influence or tentacles also stretch across"
"Since the US raid in which Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, was abducted on 3 January, Cabello has patrolled Caracas with armed men and wielded a Fred Flintstone-style bludgeon on his TV show, known in Spanish as Con el Mazo Dando. The US has reportedly put Cabello on notice that he will be the next to fall unless he does its bidding."
Diosdado Cabello, nicknamed the Octopus, controls the regime's security apparatus as interior minister and hosts a combative TV show. Cabello commands the police and prisons and exerts influence across the ruling socialist party and state enterprises after three decades in Chavismo. The US raid that abducted Nicolas Maduro has exposed vulnerabilities in the security apparatus and put Cabello under pressure. Cabello has patrolled Caracas with armed men and publicly brandished a bludgeon on television. Reports indicate the US warned Cabello he could be targeted next, and some exiled officials say his authority has been undermined.
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