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Corruption in Venezuela's Orinoco Oil Belt: The Business Ties of Nabetse Vásquez, Nelson Bustamante, and the Pérez Abad Brothers

Corruption in Venezuela’s Orinoco Oil Belt: The Business Ties of Nabetse Vásquez, Nelson Bustamante, and the Pérez Abad Brothers

Pedro León Rodríguez, former director of the Orinoco Oil Belt in Venezuela, surrounded himself with various individuals, allowing them to become top-tier contractors for Venezuela’s main oil reservoir. He consistently favored them with lucrative, rigged… Corruption in Venezuela’s Orinoco Oil Belt: The Business Ties of Nabetse Vásquez, Nelson Bustamante, and the Pérez Abad Brothers