PDVSA organization
also: state oil company, Petrolis, PDBSA, state-run company, Venezuela's oil company, parent company, Venezuelan state oil company, Petrolas PDVSA
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Claims (11)
U.S. Treasury Department targeted_for_regime_change
PDVSA host_asserted
“on the petroleum sector of Venezuela in January 2019 during a push to install Guaido as president when the Trump administration banned the country's state oil company PDVSA from exporting crude to the U.S. or conducting business with U.S. e…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 4 @ 30:01
Carlos Vecchio worked_for
PDVSA documented
“to Mobil before it merged with Exxon, and then moving to the country's state oil company, Petrolis, which has the initials PDBSA. Like other leading figures in the opposition, Vecchio belonged to the replacement generation of pro-U.S. Venez…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup (Venezuela) Part 10 @ 17:24
Citgo member_of
PDVSA book_quoted
“followed proper procedure while managing the PDVSA, which is the mother company in Venezuela of Zitco Oil. When confronted about his relationship with Owens Illinois by a newspaper, Hernandez simply remarked, I was not a lawyer for the comp…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 9:05
Mario Pinto da Silva member_of
PDVSA book_quoted
“of the Venezuelan oil company. Clients like Luke Oil from Russia compensated this consulting firm through Panama bank accounts, which served as money washing for funds that Murillo and Banquero then transferred to their corrupt PDVSA collab…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 19:09
Banquero member_of
PDVSA book_quoted
“of the Venezuelan oil company. Clients like Luke Oil from Russia compensated this consulting firm through Panama bank accounts, which served as money washing for funds that Murillo and Banquero then transferred to their corrupt PDVSA collab…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 19:09
Carlos Vecchio pocketed_funds_from
PDVSA host_asserted
“how Guaido's envoys in Colombia blew thousands of dollars earmarked for Venezuelan refugees on luxury shopping sprees and hotel stays. That same month, Venezuelan government accused Guaido's U.S. representatives, Carlos Vecchio, of personal…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 15 Final @ 50:04
Venezuelan Opposition Government targeted_for_regime_change
PDVSA host_asserted
“the material focus of Venezuela's Washington-aligned political faction remained unchanged. In addition to dissolving Guaido's non-existent government, opposition lawmakers voted to establish a commission dedicated to managing Venezuela's in…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 15 Final @ 22:41
Jose Ignacio Hernandez spied_on
PDVSA book_quoted
“Vacario, officially fled the country for Miami in 2004. From there, the pair leveraged their contacts within the PDVSA Caracas office to gain confidential information regarding Venezuela's future oil contracts. Helsinge then shared that inf…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 18:11
United States targeted_for_regime_change
PDVSA host_asserted
“the material focus of Venezuela's Washington-aligned political faction remained unchanged. In addition to dissolving Guaido's non-existent government, opposition lawmakers voted to establish a commission dedicated to managing Venezuela's in…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 15 Final @ 22:41
Helsinge Incorporated front_for
PDVSA book_quoted
“and Singapore's oil company, enabling them to crush competing bids with ease. Essentially, this consulting firm provided cover for a textbook insider trading trader conspiracy. The consulting fees it collected were simply bribes for corpora…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 18:40
Helsinge Incorporated funded
PDVSA book_quoted
“and Singapore's oil company, enabling them to crush competing bids with ease. Essentially, this consulting firm provided cover for a textbook insider trading trader conspiracy. The consulting fees it collected were simply bribes for corpora…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 18:40
Mentions (21)
▶ 17:24
to Mobil before it merged with Exxon, and then moving to the country's state oil company, Petrolis, which has the initials PDBSA. Like other leading figures in the opposition, Vecchio belonged to the replacement generation of pro-U.S. Venez…
▶ 28:51
Vecchio thus began his ascent into the clandestine network of U.S.-funded civil society groups opposing Chavez by any means necessary. Their offensive reached a head in April of 2002 when Chavez initiated a complete overhaul of the country'…
▶ 32:34
Other Guaido appointees, such as the PDVSA, that's their oil company chair, Alondra Gristani, and OAS quote-unquote ambassador, Tari, were required to quit their jobs before they were appointed to the fake government. Now, keep in mind, thi…
▶ 34:43
The set, constructed in the headquarters of Venezuelan's oil company on one show, Anya went to this show, had the logo, loyal always, traitors never. When he appeared on stage for his opening monologue, Cabello took aim at the U.S. media fo…
▶ 48:16
A ruling that placed Sitco, Venezuela's most valuable international asset, on the verge of liquidation. For those of us in the U.S., Sitco was just another gas station. For Venezuelans, however, the company was a national pride. Venezuelan …
▶ 48:47
At $7.8 billion, it was the crown jewel of Venezuela's international wealth. Sitco's predicament began just before the initiation of the Guaido's coup. In August of 2017, when the executive order was issued that banned all transactions with…
▶ 49:17
prevented Sitco from issuing dividends back to its parent company, PDVSA. The order effectively blocked the government in Caracas from accessing its U.S. revenue. Washington turned up its assault on Venezuelan oil industry within days of re…
▶ 53:44
In the Delaware court, the job was left to a 43-year-old Venezuelan lawyer and professor of administrative law. He filed a sworn declaration in April of 2017, asserting his country's government had instrumentalized PDVSA, Sitco's major shar…
▶ 54:11
At the time of Hernandez's 2017 testimony, Sitco was technically shielded from accusations of instrumentality under Venezuelan law. The president of the republic only appointed the board of PDVSA. The board in turn selected the board of the…
▶ 9:05
followed proper procedure while managing the PDVSA, which is the mother company in Venezuela of Zitco Oil. When confronted about his relationship with Owens Illinois by a newspaper, Hernandez simply remarked, I was not a lawyer for the comp…
▶ 17:10
until she reached the inner workings of a multi-billion dollar fraud racket. From there, she traced the blueprints of a scheme that saw foreign oil companies coordinate with corrupt PDVSA functionaries in order to win favorable contracts wi…
▶ 18:40
and Singapore's oil company, enabling them to crush competing bids with ease. Essentially, this consulting firm provided cover for a textbook insider trading trader conspiracy. The consulting fees it collected were simply bribes for corpora…
▶ 19:09
of the Venezuelan oil company. Clients like Luke Oil from Russia compensated this consulting firm through Panama bank accounts, which served as money washing for funds that Murillo and Banquero then transferred to their corrupt PDVSA collab…
▶ 19:39
PDVSA purchased products from its international partners at inflated prices while selling its oil below market rate for years. One oil industry source familiar with the case estimated the scheme cost Venezuela's government at least $15 bill…
▶ 20:09
headed by hotshot corporate attorney David Boyce, B-O-I-E-S, in 2018, that trust filed a lawsuit against Helsing, its oil clients, and PDVSA collaborators, and the international financial institutions that facilitated it. Despite a mountain…
▶ 24:16
was nothing new. This time, the court explicitly cited the actions of Guaido's government that really didn't even exist for its basis. The court specifically asserted that Guaido's policy of treating Venezuelan sovereign debt as equal to de…
▶ 13:24
The vote was touted as a final defeat of the U.S. regime change policy as it left Washington's coup leaders without a legitimate claim to any government office whatsoever. And so what happened was the people in Venezuela was so pissed off o…
▶ 22:41
the material focus of Venezuela's Washington-aligned political faction remained unchanged. In addition to dissolving Guaido's non-existent government, opposition lawmakers voted to establish a commission dedicated to managing Venezuela's in…
▶ 23:11
and their U.S. backers to reassert command over these assets, which they don't own, particularly that of Sitco. Leading up to the opposition vote to remove Guaido, the U.S. government hosted the ninth summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. …
▶ 50:04
how Guaido's envoys in Colombia blew thousands of dollars earmarked for Venezuelan refugees on luxury shopping sprees and hotel stays. That same month, Venezuelan government accused Guaido's U.S. representatives, Carlos Vecchio, of personal…
▶ 30:01
on the petroleum sector of Venezuela in January 2019 during a push to install Guaido as president when the Trump administration banned the country's state oil company PDVSA from exporting crude to the U.S. or conducting business with U.S. e…