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In 1991, author Ruth Capriles wrote The history of corruption in Venezuela is the history of our democracy depicting the many instances of corruption in the country. [11] In 1997, Pro Calidad de Vida , a Venezuelan NGO , claimed that around $100 billion from oil revenue had been misused in the preceding 25 years, according to the Cato Institute.
On 2 December 2020, the Organization of American States General Secretariat released a 145-page report expanding on the 2018 report by the Panel of Independent Experts that concluded there was a reasonable basis to believe crimes against humanity were being committed in Venezuela, noting that since 2018 the crimes against humanity in Venezuela ...
The rise of murders in Venezuela following the Chávez presidency has also been attributed by experts to the corruption of Venezuelan authorities, poor gun control and a poor judiciary system. [19] The Chávez government banned private gun ownership in 2012 [20] [21] but the overall crime rate continued to increase. In some cases, crime has ...
Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, once the country’s economic backbone, has been severely affected by corruption | Opinion
For years, federal prosecutors in Miami have charged dozens of Venezuelan officials, businessmen and other so-called kleptocrats with collectively stealing billions of dollars from their oil-rich ...
The official was arrested for this case, and who received the US$6.5 million, is the former Vice Minister of Transportation Gabriel García Morales, to whom the Prosecutor's Office imputed the charges of illicit enrichment, bribery and undue interest in the conclusion of contracts, by favoring Odebrecht as the winner of the Ruta del Sol Section ...
The increase comes as a renewed push to apprehend Maduro, 62, who has been under indictment in the U.S. since 2020 for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.
Spanish national newspaper El País said that the world would know little of the recent turmoil in Venezuela if not for the "in-depth reports" published by Armando.Info, a Venezuelan investigation journalism website. [45] It reports on all matters that contribute to the crisis in Venezuela, including corruption in other countries.