Venezuela’s oil minister has resigned amid a widening corruption probe into Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), the state oil company.
Tareck El Aissami, a longtime insider of the authoritarian government of Nicolás Maduro, announced his resignation on Twitter on Monday afternoon.
“In light of the investigations that have begun about serious occurrences of corruption at PDVSA, I have taken the decision to present my resignation as Minister of Petroleum, with the intent to support,…
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