By Nicholas Casey
The opulent lifestyle of the Andrade family was as spectacular as the economic collapse of the country they left behind.
Venezuelan immigrants, the family lived in a mansion in Florida surrounded by show horses, as neighbors peeked over the property line in awe. The family patriarch, Alejandro Andrade, had been a bodyguard of President Hugo Chávez before rising to powerful positions in his government.
This month, Mr. Andrade will be known for something else: On Nov. 27, he is expected to be sentenced for taking bribes as Venezuela’s treasurer, in a money-laundering scheme that made him a billionaire...........The beneficiaries even have a name: The “boligarchs,” a term often used for the new oligarchy that emerged under Mr. Chávez’s Socialist-inspired “Bolivarian Revolution.”................ President Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle — including his wife, his defense minister and others — “systematically plunders what remains of Venezuela’s wealth,”.............To Read More.....
Venezuelan immigrants, the family lived in a mansion in Florida surrounded by show horses, as neighbors peeked over the property line in awe. The family patriarch, Alejandro Andrade, had been a bodyguard of President Hugo Chávez before rising to powerful positions in his government.
This month, Mr. Andrade will be known for something else: On Nov. 27, he is expected to be sentenced for taking bribes as Venezuela’s treasurer, in a money-laundering scheme that made him a billionaire...........The beneficiaries even have a name: The “boligarchs,” a term often used for the new oligarchy that emerged under Mr. Chávez’s Socialist-inspired “Bolivarian Revolution.”................ President Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle — including his wife, his defense minister and others — “systematically plunders what remains of Venezuela’s wealth,”.............To Read More.....
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