Venezuela: Former
Chavista Prosecutor Accuses Maduro of Profiting from Food Rations
by Ben Kew 25 Aug 2017
Venezuela’s recently ousted prosecutor general, Luisa
Ortega Díaz, has accused socialist dictator Nicolás
Maduro of personally profiting
from food rations amid the country’s widespread humanitarian crisis.
Attending a regional trade summit in Brazil, Ortega accused
Maduro of profiting off of the government’s food ration delivery system,
claiming that the Mexican company behind it “is presumably owned by Nicolás
Maduro,” despite being registered under other names.
“I want to denounce, in front of the world, a grave
situation in Venezuela: that of excessive corruption,” Ortega said at the
conference. “Because of that reason, the Maduro administration is violating the
constitution and law to protect itself.”
“In Venezuela, there are no guarantees that any investigation
related to organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking ends in conviction
because the most probable outcome is that the key evidence disappears because
there are many interests in corruption not being investigated,”
she continued.
She also accused high-ranking chavista Diosdado Cabello
of illicitly profiting from the Brazilian firm Odebrecht, which has admitted
to bribing governments across Latin America to the tune of $100 million.
The scandal-plagued firm allegedly won $300 billion in
Venezuelan construction contracts; however, many of their projects remain
unfinished.
Responding to Ortega’s statements, Henrique Capriles
Radonski, the opposition governor of Miranda state, urged her to “get to the
bottom” of the corruption scandal.
“The people need to know who is stealing their money and
how much they’ve robbed,” Capriles said in a statement. “If they hadn’t stolen
the income of Venezuelans, we would never be in this economic situation of
shortages, hunger, and poverty.”
The allegations of corruption are all the more shocking
given Venezuela’s current economic predicament. Amidst skyrocketing inflation,
the country’s monthly minimum wage has fallen to under $6
and there are chronic shortages of food, medicine, electricity, and basic
sanitary products.
Ortega fled
Venezuela this week with her husband for Colombia after taking a
speedboat the island of Aruba and then flying to the capital of Bogotá.
Ortega, who for years served as a pro-government attorney
general and loyalist to the late Hugo Chávez, was fired
by Maduro’s “national constituents assembly” (ANC), a fraudulent legislative
body, after she began filing charges of human rights abuses against the regimes
security forces.
Following her departure, Venezuelan authorities broadcasted a raid
on Ortega’s home on national television, with images showing officers
rifling through luxury items such as designer clothes, fine wines, and
signed artworks belonging to the former attorney general.
The replacement attorney general, Tarek William
Saab, has, in turn, accused Ortega herself of “grave moral and ethical
infractions,” and last week unveiled
a number of corruption charges against her including claims she ran “extortion
gang” by funneling profits into an offshore account, as well
as blaming her for the deaths of protesters during the widespread
anti-government demonstrations that have taken place since April.
Yesterday, Ortega confirmed she would return to Colombia,
where Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has confirmed he
will grant asylum. It is not yet clear whether she will accept it.
Let’s connect the dots:
Venezuela
Nicolas
Maduro Moros is the president of Venezuela.
Note: Moises Naim was a
minister of trade and industry for Venezuela,
a board member for the International
Crisis Group, is a member of the Bretton
Woods Committee, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and an advisory
council member for the Transparency
International-USA.
George
Soros is a board member for
the International Crisis Group, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, the founder
& chairman for the Open Society
Foundations, and a friend of Michael
Douglas.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was a board member for
the International Crisis Group, the
president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank),
is a member of the Bretton Woods
Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), an advisory council member for the Transparency International-USA, and a
2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas
is a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), a friend of George
Soros, and a messenger of peace for the United Nations.
Warren E. Buffett
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and Howard
G. Buffett’s father.
Howard G. Buffett
is Warren E. Buffett’s son, and a goodwill
ambassador for the World Food Programme.
World Food
Programme is an affiliate of the United
Nations.
Venezuela
is a member of the United Nations.
Nicolas
Maduro Moros is the president of Venezuela.
Moises
Naim was a minister of trade and industry for Venezuela, a board member for the International Crisis Group, is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, a fellow at
the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), and an advisory council member for the Transparency International-USA.
George
Soros is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, a member of the Bretton
Woods Committee, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and a friend of Michael Douglas.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Mark Malloch-Brown
is a co-chair for the International
Crisis Group, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, and was the deputy secretary-general for
the United Nations.
Venezuela
is a member of the United Nations.
World Food
Programme is an affiliate of the United
Nations.
Howard G. Buffett
is a goodwill ambassador for the World
Food Programme, and Warren E.
Buffett’s son.
William H. Luers
was a U.S. ambassador for Venezuela,
and is an advisory board member for Christie's
Inc.
Clifford M. Sobel
is an advisory board member for Christie's
Inc, and was a U.S. ambassador for Brazil.
Guido Goldman is
an advisory board member for Christie's Inc, and the founder &
chairman emeritus for the German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank).
German
Marshall Fund of the United States (think tank) was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas
is a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), a friend of George
Soros, and a messenger of peace for the United Nations.
Warren E. Buffett
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and Howard
G. Buffett’s father.
Howard G. Buffett
is Warren E. Buffett’s son, and a goodwill
ambassador for the World Food Programme.
World Food
Programme is an affiliate of the United
Nations.
Venezuela
is a member of the United Nations.
Nicolas
Maduro Moros is the president of Venezuela.
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