Juan Carlos Chourio

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro demanded Tuesday to put an end to corruption, given the numerous arrests for irregularities within the state-owned company Petróleo de Venezuela (PDVSA) and its subsidiary Citgo, in the United States. Source: Telesur .

Last August, the United States imposed a series of sanctions against the Executive, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and dozens of public officials, which have affected the relations of states with commercial allies. However, the state company says that the measures do not harm the alliances with China. Source: El Cambur .

The Economy Commission of the ruling National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela analyzes the application of an increase in the price of gasoline at the beginning of 2018 to combat smuggling, which could raise its cost from 0.0017 cents to 0.70 cents of the American currency. Source: Vision Apureña .

Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) inaugurated Friday the Ayacucho 1 logistics base, in the Dobokubi field of Anzoátegui state, in the Orinoco Oil Belt. Source: TVES .

To obtain a real appreciation of the depths of Venezuela's socialist disaster, we must look under the hood of Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), Venezuela's state oil giant. After all, PDVSA is, for all economically practical purposes, Venezuela. In fact, PDVSA represents virtually all of Venezuela's foreign exchange earnings (93% in the last 5 years reported). Source: Reportero 24 .

The juggling that the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) has had to carry out to complete the 2017-2018 season does not stop surprising its fans and, this Friday, it was confirmed that, for this season, the league will have a new name, thanks to a heavy sponsorship: PDVSA League, Maltín Polar Cup in honor of Rubén Mijares. Source: Meridiano .

The works, goods and services contracts of the 262 companies that make up the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), as well as the performance of the 100 management positions of the state company, will pass to a validation and review phase by the national executive. Source: Digital Finance .

Through its account on the social network Twitter, the Venezuelan state oil company indicated that it is carrying out "urgent" restoration of fuel supply in the Táchira, Barinas and Zulia states. Source: El Universal .

The constituent David Paravisini informed that in two weeks they will receive in the Subcommittee on Economics of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) authorities of PDVSA and the Ministry of Petroleum to review the process of restructuring that was announced in the oil industry, as well as the capacity refining of the different refineries in the country. Source: El Mundo

The president of Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), Manuel Quevedo, held a monitoring meeting on Monday, December 25 at the company's headquarters, in order to supervise the fuel distribution plans throughout the country. Source: The World .

The president of the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), Manuel Quevedo, reported on a meeting he held with representatives of the company. Source: Diario La Antena .

Christmas in Venezuela comes marked by a wave of protests caused by the shortage of food and fuel for public transport. Clearly the country is immersed in its own chaotic version of the Cuban Special Period. The cause lies in the chronic lack of foreign currency that the fall in oil production is aggravating. Source: Cesar Miguel Rondón .

The Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, announced in November the arrest of the former Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Eulogio del Pino, and the former president of Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), Nelson Martínez, for his alleged involvement in acts of corruption in the state. Source: VTV

Military arrested Thursday for alleged corruption to Eulogio del Pino and Nelson Martinez, after being relieved over the weekend of his duties as oil minister and president of oil PDVSA, respectively, the prosecution said. Source: Last Digital Hour .

"To say the least, the Comptroller's Committee of the Parliament takes a year of advantage to the Government in the investigation for corruption," said the chairman of the commission and deputy Juan Guaidó during a press conference in which he spoke on the recent arrests in the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) for corruption in the Orinoco Oil Belt and several subsidiaries. Source: Runrun.es

According to information provided by the governor of Táchira, Laidy Gómez, Pdvsa decided to increase the shipment of 45 to 70 daily gandolas to the entity, to solve the deficit that presents the distribution of fuel in the entity. Source: Pedro Luis Martin Olivares

The arrests of Eulogio Del Pino and Nelson Martínez, the last leaders in the presidency of the state oil company and in the Ministry of Petroleum, follow solid findings that involve them in a web of corruption and intervention aimed at paralyzing the processes operatives of PDVSA. This has resulted in the placement of the main national industry in a framework of extreme vulnerability. Source: Misión Verdad

The Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, reported Thursday that the former president of Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) and former oil minister, Nelson Martínez and Eulogio Del Pino, were apprehended by state security forces. Source: MINCI .

The defaults of external debt widen its ravages. Venezuela lost control of the Cienfuegos refinery, in Cuba, as part of the payment the country maintains with the island. This was indicated by a Venezuelan government source to the Reuters news agency. Source: Efecto Cocuyo