Facebook bans AMERICAN accounts for interfering in foreign politics a DC lobby group helped topple govts in Bolivia & Venezuela

But behind the websites corpo-speak, CLS Strategies lobbies lawmakers on behalf of foreign politicians and corporations, and runs bespoke disinformation operations.

The pages spread negative stories about ex-president Evo Morales, a socialist who was pushed out of office last year by his military and fled to Mexico. Fake fact checkers debunked damaging stories on Anez, while CLS staff created fake profiles or, in some cases, just used their actual profiles to spread their own reports.

In Venezuela, the firm created profiles and pages to attack President Nicolas Maduro, who has faced repeated coup attempts since opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president last January. Guaido is recognized by the US and around 50 other countries as Venezuelas legitimate leader, yet CLS also boosted opposition figures Henrique Capriles and Maria Corina Machado.

Additionally, a Stanford University report revealed that a number of CLS staff have previously worked on political campaigns for the Venezuelan opposition.

Though some of its goals aligned with those of US President Donald Trumps administration, CLS Strategies wasnt functioning as the administrations election interference arm.

Furthermore, the company used similar tactics to CLS, creating pages designed to sway Republican voters away from Moore and toward write-in candidates.