The \r\nuncle of Venezuela's ambassador to the UN, Rafael Ram\u00edrez, also received \r\ncommissions from Odebrecht. The giant of the Brazilian construction gave a slice \r\nof his bribes to Egly Ram\u00edrez and the rest of the board of directors of PDVSA \r\nAgr\u00edcola. In Brazil, they estimate that they diverted over US$ 30 million from \r\nthe ethanol projects that Petr\u00f3leos de Venezuela promised in four towns of the \r\ncountry.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n
PDVSA \r\nraised the flag of ethanol and renewable energy 10 years ago. In line with \r\nmarket trends, the state oil company drew the map of the country with 17 plants \r\nthat used the soils of the tropics to transform sugarcane into fuel made in \r\nVenezuela. It promised a clean energy future from the hand of official Egly \r\nAntonio Ram\u00edrez Coronado, who turned out to be the uncle of the then president \r\nof PDVSA and also one of the many Latin American officials involved in the now \r\ninfamous Lava Jato<\/I> scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n
The \r\nfirst time he was known publicly was in October 2006. \"Venezuela has great \r\ncapacities to produce ethanol due to its geographical and climatic conditions, \r\nin addition to having excellent relationships with the fuel market, which favors \r\nthe implementation of this energetic resource in the industry processes.\" That's \r\nwhat Egly Ram\u00edrez said in a press release that presented him at the head of a \r\nflagship project that would later become a subsidiary of PDVSA. He is no longer \r\nthe same alchemist. Now he stands out in the files of the Brazilian justice as \r\none of the Venezuelans touched by Odebrecht corruption.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n
Through \r\nan offshore company, registered in Panama with the name of Juston Business Corp, \r\nEgly Ram\u00edrez received commissions along with three other directors of Pdvsa \r\nAgr\u00edcola: Alfonso N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Miguel Ruiz and Ra\u00fal Gonz\u00e1lez Ciavaldini. The key card \r\nin this tangle of transfers and negotiations leads to the Brazilian Osvaldo \r\nBasteri Rodrigues, who introduced himself as a representative of Pdvsa Agr\u00edcola \r\nin Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n
He \r\nwas behind the ghost signature of Panama. He was the one receiving and moving \r\nover US$ 30 million, and he negotiated with Odebrecht on behalf of the staff of \r\nPdvsa Agr\u00edcola. <\/p>\n\n