Message to INFODIO readers: investigative journalism, which is what this site does, takes lots of time and effort. Visiting media looking for a quick run down on Venezuela's gargantuan corruption, pls have the decency to at least cite the source when plagiarising this site's content without attribution (exhibit Reuters here, exhibit Bloomberg here, exhibit OCCRP here). To all readers: do the right thing, the honest thing, support independent investigative journalism. Note added 28/06/2021: impostors are using INFODIO's former editor's full name, and a fake email address (alek.boyd.arregui at gmail.com) to send copyright infringement claims / take down requests to web hosting companies. The attempt is yet another effort paid by corrupt thugs to erase information about their criminal activities. Infodio.com has no issues with other websites / journalists using / posting information published here, so long as the source is properly cited. Note added 12/06/2026: infodio.com has not created mirror websites / domains and remains totally independent and unrelated to others. Beware of websites using our brand.
This site has, without a doubt, the largest collection of research about Alejandro Betancourt's criminal activities. What started in 2011, 2012 has arguably been one of the best documented cases of rampant corruption ever published in any language.
Nervis Villalobos, and by extension his wife Milagros Coromoto Torres Moran, are directly involved in very many corruption schemes in Venezuela. As a result, international criminal probes have identified and included Villalobos and Torres Moran in proceedings.
2026 has been an eventful year for Venezuela. Jan. 3rd brought a U.S. military operation that removed Nicolas Maduro, but left chavismo's criminal structure intact. Since then the Trump administration has oxigenated and empowered Maduro's associates, to the point of saying chavismo is in fact the better option. The absurdity of this cannot be overstated. It's like arresting, extraditing and throwing El Chapo in jail and in the same breath becoming partners with his son and lieutenants and carrying on with business.
We thank our readers for messages received, asking how we are, how our families, relatives and friends in Caracas are doing. We were going to write about it, but someone else has done it with such clarity that it’s worth reprinting in full without any further comment.
Delcy Rodríguez, the "acting" president of Venezuela has declared a state of emergency.
What you are watching from Venezuela is more than a natural disaster story. It is a governance autopsy.
If anyone was in any doubt as to where Venezuela is heading under the completely unconstitutional and corrupt tutelage of Donald Trump, his open endorsement of Alex Saab’s lawyer in Colombia’s presidential race definitely clears the air.
Someone went to the trouble of registering a domain that contains the name of this website with a company based in Iceland (IceNetworks Ltd.). The Icelandic angle provides complete anonymity when signing up and the possibility of using cryptocurrencies and cash by mail. The company doesn’t care who does what with their services.
In late March, a Spanish Prosecutor that had issued an international arrest warrant for Alejandro Betancourt in September last year decided that no further actions would be taken and dismissed the case.
The Iberian Peninsula (home to Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar) has a distinguished history of having had some of Europe’s most powerful reigns. Portugal and Spain were global powers once upon a time, controlling vast regions well beyond its borders. Both countries had long and stable dictatorship in the 20th Century, that only came to an end with the peaceful passing of its respective dictators. The 21st Century has seen some spectacular corruption scandals in that region, the kind that would likely topple governments elsewhere.
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