Joshua Goodman

March 09, 2018 | Daily Business Review

A trust linked to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has filed a lawsuit against major international energy trading firms for their alleged role funneling bribes to corrupt company officials in exchange for rigged oil purchase contracts.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

5 minute read

October 27, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Spanish police arrested a former deputy Venezuelan energy minister Thursday on a U.S. warrant for alleged involvement in $1 billion bribery scheme…

By Aritz Parra and Joshua Goodman

5 minute read

April 26, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela is threatening to pull out of the Organization of American States as the socialist government's response to political unrest that has been blamed for 26 deaths in recent weeks draws rebuke from the hemisphere's major powers.

By Fabiola Sanchez and Joshua Goodman

8 minute read

April 20, 2017 | Daily Business Review

General Motors announced Thursday that it was shuttering operations in Venezuela after authorities seized its only factory, a dramatic escalation of the chaos engulfing the South American nation amid days of deadly protests.

By Juan Carlos Hernandez and Joshua Goodman

8 minute read

February 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami calls Trump administration sanctions against him "miserable and defamatory aggression."

By Joshua Goodman and Josh Lederman

10 minute read

January 23, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Venezuelan officials may face U.S. sanctions for profiting from food shortages that have exacerbated hunger in the South American country.

By Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

9 minute read

December 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets last summer in protest, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country's diminished food supply, putting generals in charge of everything from butter to rice.

By Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman

11 minute read

December 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Human Rights Watch says that sworn testimony from six Colombian generals implicates the former head of the U.S.-backed army in the extrajudicial killings of civilians.

By Luis Alonso Lugo and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

6 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Congress formally ratified a revised peace agreement with Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group, capping a torturous four years of negotiations, a stunning referendum rejection, last-minute compromises and two signing ceremonies.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

7 minute read

October 11, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Colombia's government and rebels from the National Liberation Army have agreed to revive a stalled peace effort, providing a boost to President Juan Manuel Santos as he tries to recover from voters' shocking rejection of a deal with the much-larger FARC guerrilla group.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

7 minute read