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Venezuela's judicial system has been deemed the most corrupt in the world by Transparency International. [166] Human Rights Watch accuse Hugo Chávez and his allies of taking over the Supreme Court in 2004, filling it with supporters and making new measures allowing the government to dismiss justices from the court. [34]
Just before the May 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, the U.S. sanctioned four Venezuelans and three companies it said were involved in corruption and money laundering [42] including Diosdado Cabello, Chavismo's number two person and President of the ANC, [42] Cabello's wife, Marleny Contreras Hernández de Cabello, Venezuela's Tourism ...
Just before the May 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, the U.S. sanctioned four Venezuelans and three companies it said were involved in corruption and money laundering [36] including Diosdado Cabello, Chavismo's number two person and President of the ANC, [36] and Cabello's wife and brother. [37]
The 2018 Venezuelan corruption case has resulted in five guilty pleas so far
Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro on Friday appointed controversial businessman Alex Saab as the country’s minister of industry and production, despite the charges that had been brought ...
The 2009–2010 banking crisis occurred in Venezuela when a number of the banks of Venezuela were taken over by the government, after "the revelation that several banks owned by Hugo Chavez supporters were in financial trouble after engaging in questionable business practices. Some were seriously undercapitalized, others were apparently lending ...
Maduro has been accused of consolidating power through fraudulent elections, including his contested victory in Venezuela's July 2024 presidential race, which the U.S. and other nations refused to ...
Defendants were charged with bribery, money laundering, and other crimes. [8] By mid-2019, the case appeared to be stalled, [9] until the Public Prosecutor's Office filed charges and sent six to trial, [10] which began in September 2020, [11] [12] but the case was weakened when none of the witnesses could testify to having witnessed bribery ...