A 72-year-old grandmother who named a popular snack after the "widow" of President Nicolas Maduro still very much alive has become the latest casualty of a Venezuelan hate speech law denounced by rights defenders.
Olga Mata was arrested last week after posting a comedic video on TikTok in which she posed as a food vendor advertising a type of arepa, a maize snack, named after Maduro's wife Cilia Flores.
The arepa in question is usually called a "widow" in Venezuela for not having any filling.
A 72-year-old grandmother who named a popular snack after the "widow" of President Nicolas Maduro still very much alive has become the latest casualty of a Venezuelan hate speech law denounced…
A 72-year-old grandmother who named a popular snack after the “widow” of President Nicolas Maduro – still very much alive – has become the latest casualty of a Venezuelan hate speech law denounced by rights defenders.
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