Rafael Ramirez – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:34:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Rafael Ramirez – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Rafael Ramírez:”Los hijastros de Maduro se llevaron 1.200 millones de Pdvsa” https://onvenezuela.com/rafael-ramirezlos-hijastros-de-maduro-se-llevaron-1-200-millones-de-pdvsa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rafael-ramirezlos-hijastros-de-maduro-se-llevaron-1-200-millones-de-pdvsa Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:34:42 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=15990

Asegura que el abogado y empresario Gorrín es un «testaferro de los intereses de los hijos de Cilia Flores». En cuanto a las pruebas de este presunto desfalco, Ramírez relata a este diario que «los hechos se están investigando en Florida, en Estados Unidos, gracias al testimonio de un gestor bancario alemán que trabajaba para ellos y otros venezolanos y que pactó ser testigo protegido a cambio de información, mientras seguía haciendo operaciones financieras para los implicados». Ramírez se refiere a Matthias Krull, exejecutivo de un banco suizo condenado a diez años de cárcel en 2018 en EE.UU. por una trama de blanqueo de capitales provenientes de Pdvsa. El año pasado una juez de Miami rebajó la sentencia a sólo tres años y seis meses por su cooperación. Por Javier Chicote. Texto Completo -> SuNoticiero

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Acusado Rafael Ramírez de robarse USD 4.850 millones https://onvenezuela.com/acusado-rafael-ramirez-de-robarse-usd-4-850-millones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acusado-rafael-ramirez-de-robarse-usd-4-850-millones Tue, 30 Aug 2022 23:42:43 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=15821

El régimen de Venezuela acusó este martes al exministro de Petróleo Rafael Ramírez de haberse robado 4.850 millones de dólares a través de una línea de crédito fraudulenta con la que la estatal Pdvsa hizo 28 pagos a dos fondos en el exterior sin haber recibido nunca préstamo alguno. Texto Completo -> Infobaes

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Morgan Stanley and Interactive Brokers Face Federal Scrutiny in Venezuela Probe https://onvenezuela.com/morgan-stanley-and-interactive-brokers-face-federal-scrutiny-in-venezuela-probe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=morgan-stanley-and-interactive-brokers-face-federal-scrutiny-in-venezuela-probe Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:44:48 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=11253

Federal authorities are scrutinizing two U.S. trading giants and the financial advisers who handled the accounts of a businessman under investigation for allegedly helping a former Venezuelan oil minister launder billions of dollars, according to people familiar with the matter.By Ian Talley. Full Text -> WSJ

Traducción de cortesía -> Las autoridades federales están escudriñando a dos gigantes comerciales estadounidenses y a los asesores financieros que manejaban las cuentas de un empresario bajo investigación por presuntamente ayudar a un exministro de petróleo venezolano a lavar miles de millones de dólares, según personas familiarizadas con el asunto.

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Rome court rejects Venezuela extradition bid for ex-oil czar https://onvenezuela.com/rome-court-rejects-venezuela-extradition-bid-for-ex-oil-czar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rome-court-rejects-venezuela-extradition-bid-for-ex-oil-czar Mon, 20 Sep 2021 23:26:25 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=11078

Ramirez has called the Venezuelan probe retaliation for his decision to break with Maduro, who he has accused of running Venezuela’s once-thriving oil industry into the ground and abandoning the socialist ideals of the country’s previous late leader, Hugo Chavez.On Monday, Rome’s Court of Appeals, which hears extradition requests, rejected Venezuela’s extradition bid, said Ramirez’s Rome-based lawyer, Roberto De Vita. Full Text-> APNews

Traducción de cortesía -> Ramírez ha calificado a la investigación venezolana como represalia por su decisión de romper con Maduro, a quien ha acusado de derribar la alguna vez próspera industria petrolera venezolana y abandonar los ideales socialistas del anterior difunto líder del país, Hugo Chávez. of Appeals, que escucha las solicitudes de extradición, rechazó la oferta de extradición de Venezuela, dijo el abogado de Ramírez en Roma, Roberto De Vita

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Italian court accepts extradition request for ex-oil minister https://onvenezuela.com/italian-court-accepts-extradition-request-for-ex-oil-minister/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=italian-court-accepts-extradition-request-for-ex-oil-minister Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:33:19 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=10288

An Italian court on Wednesday approved an extradition request for Venezuela’s former Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who is charged with corruption, Venezuelan state television said. Authorities in the South American country had sought an Interpol red notice – a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person – for Ramirez in 2018 and requested his extradition to Italy last year. Full Text -> KFGO

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Q&A: Venezuela can fix its own oil industry https://onvenezuela.com/qa-venezuela-can-fix-its-own-oil-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qa-venezuela-can-fix-its-own-oil-industry Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:30:05 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5488

Rafael Ramirez served as Venezuela’s oil minister from 2002-2013 and concurrent chief executive of state-owned PdV from 2004-2013, a tumultuous period marked by an oil strike and nationalizations under the late president Hugo Chavez. In this interview, edited for length and clarity, Ramirez, now in exile in Europe, argues Venezuela can handle the challenges plaguing its oil sector on its own. By Patricia Garip. Full Text-> ArgusMedia

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Harvest Natural Resources drops lawsuit against ex-Venezuelan oil minister https://onvenezuela.com/harvest-natural-resources-drops-lawsuit-against-ex-venezuelan-oil-minister/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harvest-natural-resources-drops-lawsuit-against-ex-venezuelan-oil-minister Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:43:29 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5281

 U.S. oil company Harvest Natural Resources has dropped a lawsuit against former Venezuelan oil minister Rafael Ramirez for allegedly demanding bribes to approve the company’s sale of its Venezuelan assets, a U.S. court document showed on Wednesday. By Luc Cohen. Full Text-> Reuteres

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Venezuela supreme court approves extradition request to Italy for ex-oil czar https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-supreme-court-approves-extradition-request-to-italy-for-ex-oil-czar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-supreme-court-approves-extradition-request-to-italy-for-ex-oil-czar Sat, 01 Aug 2020 12:00:32 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=4782

Venezuela’s supreme court said on Friday it had approved a request to Italy for the extradition of Rafael Ramirez, a once powerful oil minister and former head of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, on corruption charges. By Deisy Buitrago in Caracas and Luc Cohen. Full Text-> Yahoo!News

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U.S. court tosses $1.4 billion judgment against former Venezuelan oil minister https://onvenezuela.com/u-s-court-tosses-1-4-billion-judgment-against-former-venezuelan-oil-minister/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-court-tosses-1-4-billion-judgment-against-former-venezuelan-oil-minister Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:16:49 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=3845

Harvest Natural Resources sued Rafael Ramirez and others, alleging it lost millions when Venezuela refused to allow a sale of its oil operations in the country to a buyer it had lined up. It also alleged Ramirez and others sought a $10 million bribe to approve the sale. By Gary McWilliams. Full Text -> Yahoo!Finance

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