Venezuelan President Asks Citizens to Delete WhatsApp

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed that the instant messaging application "WhatsApp" is used in the country to threaten the army, police and community leaders, so he asked all residents to eliminate it, delete it and remove it from Venezuela, according to the Spanish newspaper AS.

Maduro said: "Through WhatsApp they threaten the Venezuelan army, all the officers, through WhatsApp they threaten the police, through WhatsApp they threaten street and community leaders, through WhatsApp they threaten anyone who does not speak in their favor."

Maduro added that he will delete this application from his phone "forever", and suggested as an alternative using other applications such as Telegram or WeChat to communicate, adding: "It is necessary to do this, say no to WhatsApp, and remove WhatsApp from Venezuela."

The Venezuelan president also included other applications such as TikTok and Instagram, which he claims are also key tools for multiplying hatred in the country, explaining that these applications are a means of dividing Venezuelans and creating fanatics who attack the police, the army and the Venezuelan people.

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