Tag: Venezuela corruption

• Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Spain agrees to extradite former Venezuelan treasurer to the US

  

  Spain's Judiciary Friday gave the green light for the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan national Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén, to account for crimes of money laundering and criminal organization.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Guaidó admits “acts of corruption” among legislators from his opposition coalition

  

  Venezuela's opposition on Sunday said it will investigate alleged wrongdoing within its ranks after a media outlet reported that a group of opposition lawmakers had unduly advocated for a businessman linked to the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Former intelligence chief claims Maduro is head of criminal enterprise looting Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's former intelligence chief, Cristopher Figuera, who fled the country after backing a failed uprising against President Nicolas Maduro in April, has told the Washington Post the regime could still fall.

• Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  Miami media says US$ 800 million in assets of Diosdado Cabello frozen in the US, but he flatly denies the version

  

  The U.S. government has frozen about US$ 800 million in assets from senior Venezuelan leader Diosdado Cabello Miami journalist Oscar Haza reported Tuesday during his morning radio show on Miami’s Spanish-language Zeta 92.3.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:07 UTC

  Trump increases economic isolation of the Venezuelan regime of Maduro

  

  President Donald Trump on Monday increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with an executive order that restricts his regime from selling off public assets and blocks purchases of the country's debt.

• Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 09:38 UTC

  Trump imposes sanctions against the powerful Venezuela clan of Diosdado Cabello

  

  Two days before presidential elections in Venezuela, the Trump administration on Friday announced sanctions against a powerful governing party politician, accusing him of drug trafficking, extortion, money laundering and embezzling government money.

• Saturday, March 17th 2018 - 16:55 UTC

  Transparency International denounces “Venezuelan apartheid”

  

  NGO Transparency Venezuela denounced through a follow-up that the Carnet de la Patria (homeland card), identity document devised by the government of Nicolás Maduro, is a tool of social control that seeks, among other purposes, the loyalty to the ruling party at the polls.

• Thursday, February 15th 2018 - 23:25 UTC

  Maduro announces that he will attend the Summit of the Americas despite not being welcome

  

  Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, announced that he will attend the Summit of the Americas “at all costs” to bring “the truth of the country” at a press conference at the presidential palace in Caracas despite the Peruvian government reported that his presence would not be welcome in the Andean country.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  PDVSA bonds should be traded as in default, recommends EMTA

  

  Emerging markets trade group EMTA has recommended that bonds issued by Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm PDVSA should be traded flat or without accrued interest, the way bonds in default are typically traded.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:36 UTC

  Five ex PDVSA officials on trial in Houston for US$ 1 billion graft probe

  

  U.S. prosecutors announced charges against five former Venezuelan officials accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for helping vendors win favorable treatment from state oil company PDVSA, the latest case to stem from a US$1 billion graft probe.