The block followed a court-issued fine of one billion Venezuelan Bolivares (about USD $10,000) against El Nacional, on claims by the state that the newspaper had inflicted “moral damages” on United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Vice President Diosdado Cabello, when he served as president of the National Assembly. 
Kufungwa huko kunatokana na tamko la mahakama la El Nacional kupigwa faini ya bilion moja fedha ya Venezuela (sawa na dola za kimarekani 10,000) kutokana na madai ya serikali kwamba gazeti hilo limesababisha “uharibifu wa maadili ” kwa chama cha kisoshalisti (PSUV) cha Venezuela na makamu wa Rais Diosdado Cabello alipokuwa kwenye majumu yake kama Rais wa Bunge la taifa.