Carl David Goette-Luciak

{{Short description|Austrian-American journalist}}

Carl David Goette-Luciak is an Austrian-American journalist. Carl contributed to media outlets such as British daily The Guardian and The Washington Post and was based in Nicaragua for three years.{{cite news |date=September 25, 2018 |title=Online smear campaign targets freelance reporter in Nicaragua |work=Committee to Protect Journalists |url=https://cpj.org/2018/09/online-smear-campaign-targets-freelance-reporter-i.php |access-date=February 19, 2020}}

Goette-Luciak was the victim of a targeted online harassment campaign and threats from Ortega supporters (particularly on websites such as MintPress News and The Grayzone), and his address was published online;{{cite news |last=Di Stefano |first=Mark |date=October 2, 2018 |title=A Journalist Has Been Deported From Nicaragua After Being Doxxed By An Online Mob |work=BuzzFeed News |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/carl-david-guelle-luciak-arrest |access-date=February 19, 2020}}{{cite news |author=Joshua Collins |date=10 February 2020 |title=Grayzone, Grifters and the Cult of Tank |publisher=Muros Invisibles |url=https://medium.com/muros-invisibles/grayzone-grifters-and-the-cult-of-tank-fbd9b8e0dbe2}} the campaign was denounced by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Like Tim Rodgers, an American reporter forced to leave Nicaragua in April 2018, Goette-Luciak was accused by law enforcement officers of working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and was deported afterwards. One police officer alleged he was being removed from the country for attending illegal protests and distributing false information.{{cite news |date=October 2, 2018 |title=Nicaragua deports reporter who covered anti-Ortega protests |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/02/nicaragua-deports-reporter-who-covered-anti-ortega-protests |access-date=February 19, 2020}}