An appeals court overturned a Florida federal judge’s order seizing the U.S. fortune of a sanctioned Venezuelan billionaire with alleged cartel ties to satisfy a $318 million judgment for the American victims of a Colombian terrorist kidnapping. By Joshua Goodman. Full Text -> TorontoStar

Traducción de cortesía -> Un tribunal de apelaciones anuló la orden de un juez federal de Florida que incautaba la fortuna estadounidense de un multimillonario venezolano sancionado con presuntos vínculos con un cártel para satisfacer una sentencia de $318 millones para las víctimas estadounidenses de un secuestro terrorista colombiano.

Un ex empleado de ProEnergy Services filtró en Internet 10GB de información de los discos duro de dicha empresa que revelarían el gigantesco caso de fraude de Derwick Associates a Venezuela, reseña The Freedom Post. Derwick Associates es una empresa de servicios terciaria venezolana de ingeniería encargada en la instalación y ensamblaje de plantas de generación de electricidad. La Compañía ha sido denunciada por irregularidades y cobros excesivos del gobierno venezolano y haciendo contrato de terceros para realizar proyectos otorgados por el estado. Dicha información ha sido publicada en sitios web anónimos pero muy populares en la dark web como lo son Cryptome y DDosSecrets, plataformas similares a Wikileaks. Texto Completo -> MorfermaPress

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Venezuela was long known as an economic disaster, with hyperinflation nearing 2 million percent. Now, a remarkable turnaround is underway — at least in the country’s most elite pockets. Bloomberg’s Scott Squires reads “Socialist Venezuela Has $200,000 Ferraris and a Bustling Casino” by Andreina Itriago Acosta, Nicolle Yapur, and Ezra Fieser. Podcast by Bloomber

Traducción de cortesía -> Venezuela fue conocida durante mucho tiempo como un desastre económico, con una hiperinflación cercana al 2 millones por ciento. Ahora, se está produciendo un cambio notable, al menos en los bolsillos más elitistas del país. Scott Squires de Bloomberg lee “La Venezuela socialista tiene Ferraris de $200,000 y un casino bullicioso”

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As one of the world’s biggest oil producers, Venezuela’s government allegedly handed out billions of dollars in energy contracts to an inner circle of politically connected young businessmen, who in turn moved the bulk of their new fortunes to Europe, with some diverting their assets to South Florida. One such entrepreneur was Alejandro Betancourt Lopez, a savvy Venezuelan who has managed to avoid prosecution in Miami while amassing his investments in Europe instead of here. Betancourt appears in a new data investigation of Luxembourg’s registry of corporate records that reveal he is the controlling person behind previously unknown companies in the tiny European tax haven. By Jay Weaver, Antonio Maria Delgado, Kevin G.Hall, Antonio Baquero and Nathan Jaccard. Full Text -> MiamiHerald

Venezuela’s economy was falling into ruin, however, long before Trump was elected. How did this once powerful nation become so economically unstable? The short answer is corruption. The complete answer involves a long and complex story about how the world’s banks helped the “boligarchs” of Venezuela to loot a nation and move the wealth of an entire country abroad, leaving the domestic economy in shambles. By Haley Zaremba. Full Text-> OilPrice

That’s what Chavismo Inc. is about. The website is the result of a collaborative investigation by Transparencia Venezuela, the Alianza Rebelde Investiga (ARI) and the Latin American journalism platform, Connectas. Through a series of reports covering ten countries, it shows a network of businesses that lined the pockets of a few, who are now established in a worldwide diaspora that illustrates the international dimension of corruption in Venezuela. by Transparencia Venezuela. Full Text->TransparenciaInternational

Alejandro Ceballos Jiménez doesn’t seem the kind of Venezuelan who’d fly under the radar. His family is tied to South Florida property worth millions. He imports thoroughbreds from Kentucky, co-invests in a giant gold mine and enjoys lucrative construction contracts from a government the United States is actively trying to shut out of the global financial system. Yet Western diplomats say they haven’t heard of him. He’s not on any sanctions list, even as he is among the businessmen whose fortunes have grown during the regime of strongman Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez. By Kevin Hall, Antonio Delgado,Shiesho DasGupta. Full Text-> MiamiHerald

In an Instagram post from March 21, Jesus Amoroso — the son of dictator Nicolas Maduro’s top anti-corruption official — posed in front of a luxury SUV while giving the finger. The caption read: “If I have it… If I don’t… suck it, gossipers.” He then posted a video rapping: “I’m enjoying it ‘cause I can.” In 2017, his father Elvis Amoroso was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for alleged corruption and undermining democracy. By Mariana Atencio. Full Text -> Think

Venezuela’s high-flying “Bolichicos” — the privileged offspring of the socialist revolution — ignored the rules and continued to party amid the coronavirus pandemic. A raucous party that became a cluster of infections has raised concerns at the highest level of the government and drawn condemnation from Venezuelans locked down at home for weeks. By Frank Miles. Full text -> Fox News

 For two years federal investigators in Miami have patiently waited for reams of Swiss bank records to be turned over so they could bring a monumental money laundering case against a wealthy circle of Venezuelan businessmen and ex-government officials. By Jay Weaver and Antonio Maria Delgado. Full text-> Herald Mail Media