Wait don't tell me. I have an idea what I am going to read at Counterpunch et. al. on this Surely the boligarchs problem was a sting operation by the CIA to offer the ability to steal and launder money and then it was all set up with the U.S. prosecutor to pounce?

Wasn't this part in Moon over Parador?

In Venezuela Mr. Andrade was known by the nickname “the One-Eye,” after a common story, that Mr. Chávez hit him in the eye by mistake during a baseball game. The two originally became close when Mr. Andrade participated in Mr. Chávez’s failed attempt to take power in a 1992 coup.

In 1998, when Mr. Chávez ran for president and won, Mr. Andrade served as his bodyguard. A decade later, he had risen up the ranks to a much more prominent role, as the head of the treasury.

Then in 2012, not long before Mr. Chávez died of cancer, Mr. Andrade moved to Florida.

The worst of the worst, as many wealthy exiles actually still care about what happens to their home country, even if they want it to be an oligarchy:

Mr. Hoet-Linares, the Venezuelan lawyer who lives close to the Andrade mansion, said he remains angry at the profiteering of well-connected Venezuelans while many people in the country do not have enough to eat.

Two years ago, he said, he accosted Mr. Andrade at a party about the sums he had taken and the possibility of using money to reconstruct Venezuela.

“I said, ‘Look, let’s find a way to help the country,’” Mr. Hoet-Linares recalled. “I think he was a little surprised. He said, ‘I’m off to a trip, we can talk when I’m back.’”

Mr. Hoet-Linares says he did not hear back. But while the seizure of Mr. Andrade’s assets is a step in the right direction, he said, it’s far from enough.

Justin Trudeau:

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Why Russia wants Nicolas Maduro to stay in charge of Venezuela

By Josh K. Elliott National Online (Canada) Journalist, International  Global News