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Ex-PDVSA Employee Files Civil Suit Against Maduro’s Criminal Enterprise in Florida Court for Kidnapping, Torture, Illegal Dismissal and Harassment

Guillermo José Zárraga Lázaro, a former employee of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), has filed a civil lawsuit against Nicolás Maduro’s criminal enterprise in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, accusing… Ex-PDVSA Employee Files Civil Suit Against Maduro’s Criminal Enterprise in Florida Court for Kidnapping, Torture, Illegal Dismissal and Harassment

Foto / Archivo La Gran Aldea highlighted in a recent post on X that in Venezuela, “sports have become more than just passion. Today, it is also a tool for power, censorship, and a means… Venezuelan Regime Transforms Sports into a Tool for Political Manipulation and Propaganda

Guacamaya, September 4, 2025. On July 25, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) labeled the so-called “Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns)” as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist Organization.”… Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles: Unsubstantiated Claims and Political Manipulation in the War on Drugs

Guacamaya, August 28, 2025. James B. Story served as the United States ambassador to Venezuela from July 2018 to May 2023. In 2019, due to the closure of the embassy in Caracas by the first… Former U.S. Ambassador Reveals Sanctions Were a Deliberate Strategy to Dismantle Venezuela’s Economy and Disrupt Maduro’s Regime

Political scientist Michael Paarlberg was a Latin America advisor for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign. Guacamaya, August 26, 2025. Michael Paarlberg is a Political Science professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. As a progressive and an expert… Former Bernie Sanders Advisor Critiques U.S. Policy on Venezuela and Maduro’s Political Maneuvering in Face of Sanctions

ARE THEY IN TROUBLE? Among the members of Gian Carlo Di Martino’s crew, there’s fear about not passing the PSUV filter in Caracas. Their names are likely to show up in databases from SEBIN and… Darwin Chávez exposes the troubling collusion between the U.S. and Venezuela’s regime amidst growing corruption and contempt for democracy

Although the Cartel de los Soles and its alleged leader, Nicolás Maduro, were indicted in March 2020, a series of events, evidence, and confessions have now solidified the case against them currently pending in the… Growing Evidence and Confessions Strengthen Case Against Nicolás Maduro and the Cartel de los Soles in New York Court

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced yesterday the seizure of “a mansion in the Dominican Republic” linked to the “regime of Nicolás Maduro,” but failed to provide addresses, exact dates, and documents that prove direct… Pam Bondi’s Claims of Maduro’s Seized Mansion Lack Documented Evidence and Are Grounded in Speculation

Bernardo Arosio Hobaica is not an amateur businessman; he’s the perfect prototype of a contractor who transformed friendships and political favors into million-dollar contracts, luxury properties, and concessions that seemed custom-made for him. The son… Bernardo Arosio Hobaica: The Architect of a Corrupt Empire Fueled by Political Favor and Exploitation

The United States is facing a serious threat to its national security following the leak of Venezuelan intelligence documents revealing a massive fraud in passport issuance.According to the Daily Mail, over 10,000 citizens from Iran,… Security Risks Exposed by Mass Passport Fraud Tied to Venezuelan Terrorism Links

The designation of the Cartel of the Suns as a specially designated global terrorist organization (SDGT) by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is not without cause,… Conexiones peligrosas: el Cartel de los Soles y los cárteles mexicanos del Noreste en la trama global de lavado de dinero

Author: La Tabla/Platform for Data Journalism 2AUG 2025 Ronald Oribio Quintana, one of the prisoners exchanged between Venezuela and the United States on July 18, is the head of POES International LTD. This company received… Top Official Behind Controversial Oil Shipments Uncovered in US-Venezuela Prisoner Exchange Scheme

Few entrepreneurs in Venezuela have managed to reinvent themselves with the skill of José Simón Elarba Haddad. What started as a judicial operator linked to the gang “Los Enanos” in the Supreme Court has transformed… José Simón Elarba Haddad: De Tigre de la Basura a Acaparador de Instituciones Educativas en Venezuela

The Venezuelan lawyer and criminologist, Salvador Pimentel Rojas, an expert in Human Rights and Money Laundering, will file formal complaints with the Economic Crimes Prosecutor’s Office in Madrid and the Attorney General’s Office in Portugal… Joao Mendes Pedro Linked to Massive Money Laundering Scandal Involving PDVSA Corruption in Europe and the US

On June 25th, a significant milestone in the history of Venezuelan organized crime was established: Hugo Armando “El Pollo” Carvajal, former head of military intelligence under chavismo, pleaded guilty to all charges related to drug… Hugo Carvajal’s Guilty Plea Confirms the Existence of Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns as a Criminal Empire Operating Within Government Structures