Last week, I was asked to quantify the extent of the loot at PDVSA during an interview. This site has been processing some figures in that regard. Regardless of the approach, the reign of Rafael…
There seems to be a certain degree of discrimination regarding international criminal investigations involving the justice and law enforcement in the United States. The entire world rejoiced when the U.S. sidelined Sepp Blatter for a…
Imagine this scenario: during a recent visit to Washington, I suggested to Pedro Burelli – a dear friend for many years – that, since Juan Guaidó’s interim administration was seeking to recover lost funds to…
What is the point of imposing a sanctions regime on the miserable Nicolás Maduro while leaving the backdoor open? This is a relevant question in our view. Venezuela / PDVSA cannot issue more debt according…
The joke of the day is an email sent by the lawyer of Olivier Couriol in Paris, Benoit Chabert, demanding that this site remove the post titled “[UPDATED] Sources: Wassoul’or and Noor Capital Stripping Venezuela’s…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has finally placed PDVSA under its sanctions regime targeting the kleptocracy of Nicolás Maduro. This escalation followed the Trump administration’s recognition of Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela.…
Three separate sources have now reported the following scheme to this site: Aliou Boubacar Diallo controls a gold mine in Mali called Wassoul’or. Olivier Couriol from Noor Capital (born 11/05/1964, traveling with French passport No.…
Scholars in the social sciences will likely view Venezuela in the future as a unique case. A self-proclaimed socialist revolution, led by an idealistic military coup leader, succeeded in obliterating one of the best-managed state…
Nicolás Maduro is in a bind: the Trump administration has recognized Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of Venezuela and, more importantly, Carlos Vecchio as his official business representative in the U.S. What this means…
The current state of affairs is as follows: Juan Guaidó, the head of the Venezuelan Congress, proclaimed himself the interim president of the country. Guaidó based his actions on an interpretation of Article 233 of…
The Financial Information Unit has issued a series of guidelines to banks, financial entities, and notaries on how to act in these cases. Source: Perfil VIA Frente Libertario The Government aims to financially isolate Nicolás…
Note the mention of Paulo Nacif below: «Another agreement with the Venezuelans detected by the Public Ministry dates back to 2014, which indicates that ESAF, an entity of the BES group, managed for six years…
The U.S. Treasury Department has today sanctioned Raúl Gorrín and his network. Also targeted are former associates like González Dellán and Claudia Díaz Guillén, who is awaiting extradition to the U.S. from Spain. Gorrín, in…
In addition to the exclusive information from infodio regarding joint services and purchase agreements signed between PPSA and EREPLA Services LLC, responses were received to the request for comments sent to Harry Sargeant from Ali…
Argus Media presents itself as the “leading independent provider of price benchmarks for energy and commodities.” Like other industry analysis firms, it sells its services in the open market. Being “in the know” and having…