What does «cortina de humo» mean in Spanish?

• A smokescreen is a set of facts or circumstances intended to hide the true intentions or divert the attention of others. Anything that serves to prevent people from knowing or seeing what is important constitutes a smokescreen. A smokescreen is a type of distraction to cover up an action. In this way, the truth is intentionally concealed. Smokescreens are designed to deceive, confuse or distract others. These techniques are widely used by governments, the media and large corporations.
  
  Examples of use in Spanish: "Un participante acusa al Estado español de fomentar la repatriación de inmigrantes y de utilizar el tema migración como «cortina de humo» para desviar la atención de la población de otros temas." - Migración e interculturalidad en Gran Bretaña, España y Alemania - Pág. 289, Úrsula Birsl, Carlota Solé, Renate Bitzan - 2004.
  
  "El político calificó ayer como una cortina de humo y un circo mediático la denuncia".
  
  
• The smokescreen. American film, originally Wag the Dog, released in 1997, directed by Barry Levinson and written by Hilary Henkin and novelist David Mamet. In Argentina it was called "Mentiras que matan" (Lies that kill) and "Escándalo en la Casa Blanca" (Scandal in the White House) in Latin America. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Willie Nelson and Denis Leary.

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