Miguel Henrique Otero

Miguel Henrique Otero (born 1947) is a Venezuelan journalist, and he is the President and CEO of El Nacional newspaper.

[1] In 1977 he was appointed as General Secretary of the Caracas Athenaeum the country's leading non-governmental cultural institution centered on the arts.

In 1983 he was elected independent deputy at the National Congress representing Anzoátegui's State appointed by Democracia Cristiana.

[2] In April 2015, judge María Eugenia Núñez ordered a prohibition to leave Venezuela to 22 directors of El Nacional, La Patilla and Tal Cual, including Miguel Henrique Otero, they were accused of aggravated defamation to the President of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello.

The Venezuelan government targeted him for several lawsuits of political nature and has publicly threatened him with imprisonment if he returns to his country.