CIA documents on Venezuelan vote manipulation point to Jorge Rodríguez and Smartmatic

According to NTN24, the CIA documents declassified by Donald Trump's government describe mechanisms to manipulate electronic voting between 2004 and 2020, through control of the CNE and use of Smartmatic technology. The CIA did not confirm massive fraud in every election, the channel reported. Jorge Rodríguez once headed the CNE and now presides over the National Assembly.

On NTN24's Club de Prensa, Natalia Cabrera asked whether Rodríguez will be arrested. On Patricia Poleo's channel, Marian Valero cautioned that the papers do not prove every fraud. State TV barely mentioned elections this week.

«Trump declassified the CIA documents that prove what we already knew.»— Natalia Cabrera (NTN24), July 17, 2026 · watch

«The documents do not automatically prove that every election was rigged, but they do put back on the table a question Venezuelans have been asking for years.»— Marian Valero (Patricia Poleo's channel), July 17, 2026 · watch