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Corruption [1], I guess. It appears to me that if a country has access to oil or minerals and still has bad infrastructure or a suffering population, it sits hi
by donquichotte 9y ago
Corruption [1], I guess. It appears to me that if a country has access to oil or minerals and still has bad infrastructure or a suffering population, it sits high on the corruption index.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Venezuela https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Venezuela
- thriftwy 9y agoYou can't embezzle $20B without massive international cover up operation. These kind of money stick up. So we should be actually be asking, who's got it? Should not we make them reimburse money towards Venezuela's lenders?
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoMaría Gabriela Chávez is worth around $4 billion. Not sure how you’ll ask her to give it back though.
- thriftwy 9y agoDon't see why you won't put those money towards repaying Venezuela's debts. You don't go asking of course. International corruption is well past politely asking stage.
- donquichotte 9y agoAnd Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan dictator J. E. dos Santos, has a net worth of 3bn US dollar.