Venezuela's lost billions

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April 21, 2023

Deteriorating PDVSA infrastructure on Lake Maracaibo. Photographer: Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg

Read the story For many years, Venezuela's oil auctions were rigged. A new investigation by Bloomberg Businessweek reveals the country was pillaged of billions for the benefit of a mysterious middleman and a handful of his clients at some of the world's wealthiest companies — and no one has been held to account. Read The Big Take.

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