The legal news from Curacao provides yet another indication that Venezuela is the undisputed king of corruption in major leagues. Andrade Gutiérrez, not necessarily the cleanest of operators as exposed in the Lava Jato scandal,…
In addition to the revelations about co-conspirators Francisco Convit and Matthias Krull who devised a scheme involving $1.2 billion in embezzled and laundered PDVSA funds, this site can introduce new elements directly pointing to Rafael…
Rafael Ramírez, the man who managed over a trillion dollars during his tenure as CEO of PDVSA and Minister of Energy in Venezuela, accuses the chavismo of corruption in the granting of oil concessions. In…
Estadao de Brasil reported yesterday that the Swiss Prosecutor’s Office will send the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) banking information related to the payment of $160 million in bribes to five PDVSA officials. The report…
Long before Reuters “discovered” part of the corruption linked to Alex Saab in an “exclusive,” Colombian lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella took on Revista Semana, one of Colombia’s most prestigious political magazines. The reason was…
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the relationships between Venezuela and Turkey. It is rumored that this is due to the economic sanctions imposed by the United States government on Nicolás Maduro’s…
There’s little to add to document 47 of the case file number 18-20685 (see more below) related to the United States of America against Francisco Convit Guruceaga, one of the key figures in a criminal…
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, recently made strong statements about the former President of the Spanish government. Almagro advised Zapatero to “not be an idiot,” adding that someone…
The Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, recently shed light on the actions of former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero regarding Venezuela, stating that Zapatero is “an idiot.” Almagro pointed out that…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury has added a series of chavistas to its Venezuela-related sanctions list (SDN) today (see below). Notably, Cilia Flores, partner of Nicolás Maduro, is the true…
When it comes to corruption in Venezuela, this site has become a key reference. Nowadays, we see banks (compliance departments), insurance companies, law enforcement, law firms, and international media catching up, consuming some of the…
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Rafael Ramírez, the former Minister of Concurrent Energy and General Director of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), virtually controlled Venezuela’s revenues from 2004 to 2014. During his time…
By Fiorella Perfetto In a scenario reminiscent of the renowned “Theory of Everything” in physics, the recent accusations formalized by the U.S. Department of Justice against at least five former officials of the Chávez regime…
FIRST RETIREES IN CENTS. When the history of retirements in the Public Administration is written, the employees listed below will be the first. The retirees are: Ángel Rafael Morillo Pérez, BsS. 0.12. Argenis Noemí Machado,…
Jorge Arreaza is currently in Switzerland, behaving like an Arab prince accompanied by a flattering entourage. It’s as if nothing is happening in Venezuela. His attitude was evident when journalists approached him to ask about…