Venezuela: 14 years of corruption

eluniversal.com reported that impunity stands out as one of the “top 10” administrative irregularities committed by the Government. Just recently when devaluation took place, there are some who remind others that embezzlement also has incidence in the inflation. The cases of influence peddling and embezzlement recorded since 1999 cannot be contained in only one page, but now that the Venezuelan Government and its allies are looking for corrupt actors in the opposite team, here there is some sort of contradiction: a huge number of “top 10” denunciations made against the current government at the Attorney General’s Office, which are on hold at this time.

We are not claiming that Hugo Chávez’s Government initiated the Venezuelan corruption. The difference, according to Deputy of Carabobo state and member of Proyecto Venezuela (Project Venezuela), Deyalitza Aray, is that “now the public powers have no autonomy and portray a clear political deal-making regarding the fight against corruption.” Read Article