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Russia trained 1,000 influencers in Latin America to spread disinformation, according to report

  • Source: EFE
  • April 7, 2026

"Russia has trained more than 1,000 content creators, journalists, and influencers to spread disinformation across eight Latin American countries—Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela—according to a report released this Tuesday [March 31] by the Digital News Association (DNA) in the United States.

These communicators, trained by the state-run media outlet RT en Español, join nearly 200 Spanish-speaking content creators whom Moscow maintains within Russia to disseminate information throughout Latin America, said investigative journalist Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, coordinator of DNA’s Russian Propaganda Alert."

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