Overview
- The page for Nicolás Maduro’s account now displays “This page is not available,” making past livestreams and videos inaccessible.
- The channel had about 230,000 to 233,000 subscribers and carried live speeches, press conferences, and other official events.
- Neither YouTube nor the Venezuelan government has provided a statement explaining the takedown or citing a specific policy.
- Argentina-based Guarimba Digital and host Gastón Levar publicly celebrated the outcome and credited their reporting under “Misión Chaquito.”
- Telesur characterized the shutdown as occurring during U.S.–Venezuela tensions, while other outlets reported unverified speculation about possible policy violations.