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The former Republican governor of Florida and current senator, Rick Scott, is pushing for laws to “financially strangle Venezuela and violently overthrow Nicolás Maduro.” However, official documents reveal that he and his wife invested in Wall Street firms that purchased bonds from the state oil company PDVSA, earning profits of up to $1.8 million while promoting sanctions against the very regime that funded their assets.
THE DOUBLE MACHINE
1. The Anti-Venezuela Crusade
– He promoted Florida Law 359 (2018): Prohibits state investments in companies that do business with Venezuela, following the Goldman Sachs scandal for buying PDVSA bonds.
– Advocates for the STOP MADURO Act: Aims to designate Venezuelan cartels as terrorists and freeze regime assets.
– Declared in 2025: “Maduro’s days are numbered,” while coordinating sanctions with Marco Rubio.
2. The Hidden Business
– Investments in Venezuelan bonds:
– His 2018 financial disclosure (125 pages) shows investments in Goldman Sachs, Invesco, and BlackRock, firms that acquired PDVSA debt.
– They earned $345,000 to $1.8 million in dividends (2017-2018), when Goldman bought $2.8 billion in bonds.
– Suspicious meeting: In July 2017, Scott met with Goldman Sachs executives while the firm managed $478 million in Florida public funds.
THE CIRCLE OF HYPOCRISY
– “I don’t know where I invest”: Claims a “blind trust” to justify himself, but in 2018 he accused his Democratic rival Bill Nelson of being a “hypocrite” for investing in the same firms.
– Law vs. Reality: Signed regulations to “isolate Maduro” while his assets funded creditors sustaining the Venezuelan economy.
– Documentary evidence:
– His Senate financial disclosure (2018).
– Act of Law 359 that he promoted.
– Reports from Goldman Sachs admitting to purchasing PDVSA bonds (2017).
While Scott demands sanctions in Capitol Hill to “suffocate the dictatorship,” his profits are fed by the same Venezuelan debt that his rhetoric condemns. A twisted game where the senator crafts his image as an “anti-corruption champion” with one hand, while the other counts millions financed by the regime he claims to combat.