WTO head Natalia Bayona: ‘Tourism must be regulated taking citizens into account’
The executive director of the U.N. organization explains that education and the working conditions of employees are two of the main challenges in the sector
The network that looted $2 billion from Venezuela’s state oil company was obsessed with luxury
The group of Chavista leaders who plundered the energy sector treated themselves to a high standard of living. New documents reveal exorbitant expenses on decoration ($7 million), hotels ($1.8 million) and cooking courses ($430,690)... All paid for with money embezzled from — or kickbacks related to — PDVSA
How the group that plundered PDVSA spent their winnings: One helicopter, 22 armored vehicles, and $5 million in lawyer fees
A group of former Chávez government vice-ministers used funds stolen from Venezuela’s state oil company to hire a personal coach for $120,000, buy $123,900 of luxury tableware, and planned to purchase a $350,000 Ferrari
$18 million in paintings: The mastermind who plundered Venezuela’s state oil company used his stolen funds to buy art
Venezuelan businessman Diego Salazar – the cousin of former minister Rafael Ramírez – accumulated a personal art collection of 67 works. He did this while leading a plot to money-launder $2 billion in Andorra, which he and his fellow Chavistas embezzled from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA)
The Venezuelan ambassador in London invoiced $9 million to the network that looted PDVSA, her country’s oil company
A company controlled by Rocío del Valle Maneiro signed a contract worth more than $14 million with a group of Venezuelan politicians, who are being investigated for corruption. The plot also had a former senior security official from Caracas on the payroll: it paid him $1.6 million
Frontman for Venezuelan oil company looting scheme funneled $1.1 billion through an Andorra bank
Luis Mariano Rodríguez Cabello controlled 11 murky accounts in the now-closed Banca Privada d’Andorra
The nine hours in which Spain made the 100% renewable dream a reality
Electricity generation through solar, wind and water exceeded total demand in mainland Spain on Tuesday, a pattern that will be repeated more and more in the future
Andorra freezes $55 million worth of bribes received by members of the Maduro regime
The authorities of the tiny European country are withholding illicit funds that were deposited by 21 Venezuelan individuals into Andorran banks. These former vice-ministers – who served under Hugo Chávez – allegedly took bribes from subcontractors hired by PDVSA, the state-owned oil company