Nicolás Maduro is in a bind: the Trump administration has recognized Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of Venezuela and, more importantly, Carlos Vecchio as his official business representative in the U.S. What this means in practical terms is that the U.S. government will only engage in matters with Guaidó through Vecchio. Maduro’s response? To introduce a partial lifting of a 15-year currency control (a major source of corruption), by launching a platform called Interban Exchange C.A. (INTERBANEX – @interbanex). The Central Bank of Venezuela has authorized this currency trading platform, which starts today with one participating bank: the notorious Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD) of Víctor Vargas. Banplus, run by Carlos Romero (another hugely corrupt banker/bank), is set to join in the short term.
INTERBANEX has a website where information about its structure can be found. There is a document, according to metadata created today by Manuel Aarón Fajardo García, that provides details on the shareholders of INTERBANEX: the Spanish €3,000 Ampajesu S.L. (managed by Fajardo García) and Bull Equity Management Ltd from Barbados, owned by Dionisio Sifontes Santos.