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Venezuela Energy Auditor Says Betancourt Profited From Overbilling
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- María Corina Machado accused Alejandro Betancourt of obscene corruption.
- Alejandro Betancourt secured a deal with the Trump administration to control roughly one-fifth of Venezuela’s oil reserves.
- The agreement placed Betancourt at the center of Washington’s Venezuela strategy, effectively making Venezuela a vassal state.
- An independent Venezuelan energy auditor said Betancourt earned a fortune through no-bid power-plant contracts that overbilled state entities.