"It is very exciting for us to be able to have representatives of Sputnik here, to sign an agreement with you and to share experiences in this agreement to consolidate better means of communication and fight this battle that is more urgent than ever today," said the Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Nanez during the signing ceremony.
"The success of the Russian media confirms the failure of the West's attempts to impose its opinion," Freddy Nanez, Vice President of Venezuela, Minister of Communications and Information, said.
"Sputnik's social media performance is impressive compared to long-established and outdated media outlets such as EFE, AFP or AP," he pointed out.
This shows that people are "terribly tired of the same insipid narrative, and they are showing increasing interest in discovering new points of view," Nanez concluded.
Founded in 2014, the International Information Agency and Radio Sputnik broadcast materials in more than 30 foreign languages. Its presence on social networks exceeds 160 accounts, with about 35 million daily views and more than 32 million subscribers. Sputnik currently has 24 representative offices around the world, from Asia to Latin America.