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Rafael Ramirez's $20bn lie

Check out Rafael Ramirez upon being sacked from U.N. diplopost in New York, 7 December 2017, about PDVSA transfers to the State under his watch:

Rafael Ramirez 480bn claim, Dec. 2017

Now, read Ramirez's claim on same topic, 14 July 2019:

Rafael Ramirez 500bn claim, July 2019.

That's a $20 billion discrepancy.

Ramirez loves to claim his innocence. He loves to say he is not, and has never been, involved in corruption, despite ongoing criminal probes in which he is directly involved in Portugal, Andorra, Switzerland, Brazil and the U.S.

If his proclamations of innocence are as trustworthy as his claims of total transfers to State coffers under his watch, erm...

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