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Originally Posted by Rockface
HOPING AGAINST IT FOR SURE, BUT.....
"As Venezuelan bulls go, Vice President Tareck El Aissami is hard to beat. Who else could announce that the travel and leisure industry in the hemisphere’s most deranged economy was on a roll? “Our country was dependent on oil for many years, but now has come the time of tourism for economic development," El Aissami said at a trade fair on Margarita Island last week. "Tourism has become the first engine of economic development in our country.”
Nothing unusual from the Bolivarian Republic, where hype and fake news are as plenteous as empty cash machines."
Venezuela Welcomes All Tourists Crazy Enough to Go There - Bloomberg
" Former Oil Minister Eulogio del Pino and Nestor Martinez, ex-president of state oil company PDVSA, were arrested just four days after being removed by Maduro in a surprise cabinet shake-up. Both are accused of embezzling state funds, conspiracy and money laundering among other charges, Tarek William Saab, who took over as chief prosecutor following the ousting of one of Maduro’s top critics, said at a press conference in Caracas."
Venezuela arrests top oil officials in corruption probe - The Washington Post
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