A former political consultant has accused Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro of paying her $11 million in cash to cover the costs
of the 2012 re-election campaign of the late Hugo Chavez, using money that she
says was illegally provided by Brazilian companies. Monica Moura, a Brazilian
who was running the Chavez campaign with her husband, made the accusation in
plea bargain testimony that is part of Brazil’s probe into a huge bribery
scheme at the state oil company Petrobras. She alleged most of the cash given
to her by Maduro came from the big Brazilian construction companies Odebrecht
and Andrade Gutierrez. More…
Friday, May 12, 2017
Maduro used illegal cash for Chavez campaign
A former political consultant has accused Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro of paying her $11 million in cash to cover the costs
of the 2012 re-election campaign of the late Hugo Chavez, using money that she
says was illegally provided by Brazilian companies. Monica Moura, a Brazilian
who was running the Chavez campaign with her husband, made the accusation in
plea bargain testimony that is part of Brazil’s probe into a huge bribery
scheme at the state oil company Petrobras. She alleged most of the cash given
to her by Maduro came from the big Brazilian construction companies Odebrecht
and Andrade Gutierrez. More…
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