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Trial Reveals Former Florida Lawmaker Advised Venezuelan Businessman to Mislead Herald About Meeting With Vice President Pence

David Rivera has been accused by the DOJ of not registering as a foreign agent after securing a $50 million contract in 2017 with the Venezuelan national oil company

Latin Times

Rubio testimony sheds light on friend's shadowy Venezuela play

Trial offers a behind-the-scenes look at Maduro regime's push to curry favor with the U.S.

Axios

Rubio to testify in friend's trial over Venezuela oil deal

The Miami trial sheds light on the unseemly world of shadowy foreign influence efforts in Latin America.

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Former Florida Congressman Accused of Secretly Lobbying For Maduro's Regime

David Rivera's defense says he was pursuing legitimate business interests and advocating for political change in Venezuela, not secretly lobbying for Maduro's government.

Latin Times

Former Ally Of Rubio In Florida Facing Charges For Acting As Unregistered Foreign Agent For Venezuela

The federal trial of former Congressman David Rivera in Miami could shed new light on how figures in President Donald Trump's orbit engaged with Venezuelan interests during the first Trump administration, according to a new report.

Latin Times

Maduro’s alleged frontman Alex Saab reportedly detained in Caracas

FBI and Venezuela’s intelligence agency also reportedly arrest billionaire media mogul Raúl Gorrín at same address

The Guardian - UK

Former Miami-Dade Congressman Charged For a Second Time For Not Registering As a Venezuelan Agent

David Rivera now stands accused of trying to lobby a Trump administration official to get a wealthy Venezuelan businessman off the federal government sanctions list

Latin Times

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New charges target ex-Miami congressman for lobbying on behalf of sanctioned Venezuelan tycoon

A grand jury in Washington has returned an indictment against former Congressman David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign agent of a sanctioned Venezuelan media tycoon on whose behalf the Miami Republican allegedly lobbied the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Son-in-law of top foe of Venezuela’s president sentenced to 30 months on money laundering charge

The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for his role in a vast bribery conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, some of which allegedly landed into accounts controlled by President Nicolás Maduro’s stepsons

The Independent UK

Former Miami Dade Congressman Sues Witness in Case Accusing Him of Being a Secret Agent for Venezuela

David Rivera is embroiled a legal battle tied to broader investigations into lobbying activities for the Maduro Regime

Latin Times

U.S. Indicts Venezuelan Media Mogul for Alleged Laundering of $1.2B Tied to State Oil Funds

Raúl Gorrín allegedly stole from Venezuela's government to invest in Europe and the United States, including buying luxury real estate in South Florida

Latin Times

Judge blasts prosecutors' handling of Venezuela case against ex-Miami congressman

A federal judge in Miami blasted prosecutors for an attempt to undercut a court order and try to take control of an oceanside condo belonging to a former Republican Congressman ahead of a high-profile trial connected to a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s government

The Independent UK

Hugo Chavez's ex-nurse-turned treasurer extradited to US

A Venezuelan woman who was the late President Hugo Chávez’s nurse and later the nation’s treasurer has been extradited from Spain to the U.S. to face money-laundering charges

The Independent UK

Ex-Fla. Congressman David Rivera diverted $13 million from Venezuelan deal to convicted drug trafficker, others

MIAMI — As Venezuela’s economy was crashing in 2017, the country’s state-owned oil company hired former U.S. Rep. David Rivera for a costly public relations campaign to improve the tarnished image of the Venezuelan firm in the United States.

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Cómo un banco atendió a los venezolanos que saquearon su patria, y se fueron a Miami

MIAMI - La página de LinkedIn de Leonardo González Dellán lo promueve como emprendedor y restaurantero. Un aviso de sanciones del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos de 2019 lo calificaba diferente: testaferro, un "prestanombres" financiero que escondía dinero para políticos venezolanos corruptos.

Miami Herald

How one bank served Venezuelans who looted their homeland, split for Miami

MIAMI — Leonardo González Dellán’s LinkedIn page promotes him as an entrepreneur and restaurateur. A 2019 U.S. Treasury Department sanctions notice called him something else: testaferro, a financial “frontman” hiding money for corrupt Venezuelan politicians.

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