Venezuela has launched an anti-corruption probe of state oil firm PDVSA and other related government bodies that has seen 51 people arrested. theSun theSundaily crime corruption politics Venezuela
The Attorney General of the Republic of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, gives a press conference related to recent arrests for corruption scandals, at the headquarters of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Caracas on April 5, 2023. AFPPIX: Venezuela has launched an anti-corruption probe of state oil firm PDVSA and other related government bodies that has seen 51 people arrested, including top government officials.
Others are Pedro Maldonado, the president of the corporation responsible for exploiting minerals such as gold, diamonds, iron and bauxite, and Nestor Astudillo, head of the state Orinoco Steel company.Saab said on Wednesday “there could be more arrests.”“It’s a political purge,“ political scientist Ana Milagros Parra told AFP. “You shouldn’t view it as anything extraordinary.”
“When you see the opportunity to get rid of an opponent or a faction, then you get rid of them because power is a zero-sum game.” One of those arrested, Joselit Ramirez, was in charge of the entity that manages oil industry funds through crypto assets, a key policy used by the South American country to circumvent US sanctions.This is not the first scandal or investigation linked to Venezuela's multibillion-dollar oil industry.
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