Spanish El País daily apologizes for saying Maduro trial judge impartial 'despite being Jewish'
The characterization of 92-year-old U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is an Orthodox Jew, was online in Spanish and English for several hours before the sentence was removed
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The characterization of 92-year-old U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is an Orthodox Jew, was online in Spanish and English for several hours before the sentence was removed
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05:38 PM • January 07 2026 IST
Spanish daily El País has apologized for an article about the judge presiding over the trial of Venezuela's ousted president Nicolas Maduro, in which it characterized him as striving to be impartial "despite" being Jewish – a portrayal that the newspaper says was done erroneously.
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