US denounces foreign interference in riots in Chile and heads to Russia

The United States denounced today a alleged Russian interference in Chilean society, country affected for two weeks by a social epidemic followed by a repression that has left 20 dead, hundreds wounded and over 9,000 inmates.

According to a White House spokesman, the president Donald Trump mentioned foreign interference in the Riots in Chile during a phone conversation with his colleague Sebastian Piñera, without, however, specifying the origins, objectives and mechanisms of this influence.

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"President Trump denounces foreign efforts to undermine Chilean institutions, democracy or societySaid the spokesman.

Shortly after, the EFE agency recalled that in an interview last week, Michael Kozak, head of the state department for Latin America, had said that the US s & # 39; Were identified in social networks "fake accounts"Russia trying to sow discord in the network.

The Spanish agency has again consulted today a US diplomatic source to get new details on Trump's complaint and to give more details after Kozak's statement.

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"We have seen indicators that there are Russian activity supporting the negative course of the debateBut am I saying that's the only factor? No, I do not do that, "said the source.

The informant confirmed the presence of other external actors, although he mentioned the Venezuelan public channel Telesur.

"Of course I saw, and this is my personal observation because I'm not a digital magician, I saw that some organizations like Telesur has exacerbated these debates (on social networks) and, anecdotally, I can say thatadded the source quoted by EFE.

For his part, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, accused the Cuban government and President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, of the violence in Chile.

"The breeze from the Bolivarian regime led by madura and the Cuban regime is violence, looting, destruction and a political objective of directly attacking the democratic system and imposing disruptions to constitutional mandates," Almagro said in a statement issued by the president. October 24th. .