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Corruption in Mexico 2019: An Interview with Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez

By Bill Dahl, an investigative journalist who has published this series regarding public health and environmental hazards in Jalisco, Mexico. The interview was conducted as part of his research. In December 2018, Mexico elected a new President: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (aka AMLO). Lopez-Obrador has stated routinely he intends to eradicate corruption in Mexico. According to […]

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OFAC Gives Guidance to Owners of PDVSA 2020 Bonds

The following is a guest post from Timothy O’Toole and Brian Fleming, Members at Miller & Chevalier Chartered. The post has not been translated into Spanish or Portuguese. In the Fall of 2016, Venezuela’s state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), attempted to ease its short-term debt payment crunch by offering to swap $7.1 […]

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Trump Tightens Sanctions against Venezuela

The following guest post is from Timothy O’Toole, a Member of Miller & Chevalier who focuses on sanctions, export controls, and other international regulatory and compliance issues. At the end of August, President Trump issued an Executive Order that significantly broadened U.S. economic sanctions against Venezuela. In 2015, the U.S. – through the United States Treasury […]

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Anti-Bribery in Brazil: 2016 Year in Review

A lot has been going on in Brazil in the anti-bribery field. There have been different developments that are noteworthy. This post highlights 5 relevant developments that took place in 2016. Other relevant developments will be summarized in the next post. Car Wash continues to advance. The Operation Car Wash was initially launched in March […]

Author: Carlos Ayres

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PDVSA at the Center of International Anti-Corruption Efforts

This post was co-authored by Maryna Kavaleuskaya, a Law Clerk at Miller & Chevalier. How do multiple enforcement authorities from different countries hold one of the largest petroleum producers in the world accountable for years of institutionalized corruption? Press reports on investigations of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (“PDVSA”), suggest several answers. […]

Author: Matteson Ellis

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