{"id":2541,"date":"2018-09-16T15:18:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T15:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armando.info\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2018-09-16T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T15:18:56","slug":"import-businesses-for-claps-flourish-even-in-the-united-arab-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/import-businesses-for-claps-flourish-even-in-the-united-arab-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Import Businesses for Claps Flourish Even in the United Arab Emirates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just \r\nfive months ago, on April 6, 2018, a letter from Group Grand Limited arrived at \r\nthe office of the then president of the Venezuelan Foreign Trade Corporation \r\n(Corpovex), Major General (Aviation) Giuseppe Yoffreda Yorio. In the letter, the \r\ncompany asked the state body responsible for public imports the \"assignment of \r\nfinancial rights of contract CPVX-CJ-CONT-0086-2017\" of Mulberry Proje Yatirim \r\nA.S, incorporated in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As \r\nArmando.Info has revealed in several reports, Group Grand Limited, registered in \r\nHong Kong, <A href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/Reportajes\/Details\/167\">is \r\none of the legal facades behind which Colombian entrepreneurs Alex Nain Saab \r\nMor\u00e1n and \u00c1lvaro Pulido Vargas hid<\/A>, \r\nand whereby the couple has become almost omnipresent in the business of \r\nsupplying the main social program of the Government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, the \r\nso-called Local Committees for Supply and Production (Clap). As discussed below, \r\nMulberry Proje Yatirim A.S. is another piece of the same plot. \r\n<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_vC4Ez0-IP alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_vC4Ez0-IP kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-01.jpg\" data-description=\"Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-01.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-01.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-01.jpg\" data-id=\"53366\" class=\"wp-image-53366 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-01-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-01-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-02.jpg\" data-description=\"Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-02.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-02.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-02.jpg\" data-id=\"53367\" class=\"wp-image-53367 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-02-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-02-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-03.jpg\" data-description=\"Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-03.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-03.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-03.jpg\" data-id=\"53368\" class=\"wp-image-53368 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-03-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-03-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-04.jpg\" data-description=\"Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-04.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-04.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-04.jpg\" data-id=\"53369\" class=\"wp-image-53369 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-05.jpg\" data-description=\"Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-05.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-05.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-05.jpg\" data-id=\"53370\" class=\"wp-image-53370 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Group Grand Limited assigned benefits of contract 0086 entered into with Corpovex to Mulberry Proje Yatirim, registered in Turkey. Group Grand Limited has several contracts with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of millions of CLAP boxes and medicines from India.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially \r\ndeveloped by the Government to work as production groups that, as party cells, \r\nwould ensure the supply of food, in practice, the Claps have been restricted to \r\nthe intermittent and clientelism-based distribution of boxes and bags with \r\nproducts of the basic basket imported from several countries. Thus, they have \r\nbecome a source of shady deals for a handful of entrepreneurs. For the popular \r\nsectors, however, they are one of the few alternatives to alleviate the chronic \r\nshortage of food that Venezuela is going through.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-embed-script-4Nlcmn wp-block-lazyblock-embed-script\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2434\" height=\"978\" src=\"\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1097259569945509891\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nletter from Group Grand Limited to Corpovex was signed by Andre\u00edna Fuentes \r\nMazzei, as legal representative. However, Fuentes Mazzei has also acted for \r\nyears as an executive of the Fondo Global de Construcci\u00f3n (Global Construction \r\nFund) in Caracas, which is part of a conglomerate of the same name with \r\nheadquarters in Colombia, Spain, Ecuador and the Mediterranean island of Malta. \r\nIt was with <A href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/Reportajes\/Details\/285\">Fondo \r\nGlobal de Construcci\u00f3n that the duet of Alex Saab and \u00c1lvaro Pulido began their \r\nstill upward trajectory as contractors of Chavism<\/A> \r\nby reaching in November 2011 the agreement to build a social housing project in \r\nValles del Tuy, southwest of Caracas.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nconnection of Fuentes Mazzei with Group Grand Limited is not the only indication \r\nthat the transfer of the debt from that company to the Turkish Mulberry Proje \r\nYatirim was a virtually incestuous inbred operation between related companies; \r\nin other words, from Saab-Pulido to Saab-Pulido.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mulberry \r\nProje Yatirim is represented by Betsy Desir\u00e9e Mata Pereda, who is the manager of \r\nSalva Foods 2015, the Venezuelan company that runs the CLAP Stores that \r\nPresident Maduro has been promoting since early 2017. <A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/Reportajes\/Details\/2475\">Salva \r\nFoods belongs to Carlos Rolando Lizcano Manrique, also a Colombian \r\nentrepreneur<\/A>, \r\nborn in C\u00facuta, province of Norte de Santander, and with business ties with Alex \r\nSaab and \u00c1lvaro Pulido established through Group Grand \r\nLimited.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So \r\neverything was among the closed ones.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I with Myself<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When \r\nthe \"assignment of financial rights\" in favor of the Turkish Company Mulberry \r\nProje Yatirim was considered, <A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/Reportajes\/Details\/2443\">Group \r\nGrand Limited had two contracts with the Government and was, perhaps, the main \r\nintermediary for the imports of the Clap<\/A>. \r\nFor example, the contract referred to in the letter to Corpovex entailed the \r\nsale of 11.5 million Clap boxes for Corporaci\u00f3n \u00danica de Servicios Productivos y \r\nAlimentarios (Cuspal), attached to the Ministry of Food.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long \r\nbefore, in the late 2016, Group Grand Limited was favored with what would be its \r\nfirst contract as food importer for the purchase of ten million combos for 340 \r\nmillion dollars agreed upon with the Government of the State of T\u00e1chira (the \r\nAndes in southwest Venezuela), which was back then led by Army Captain Jos\u00e9 \r\nGregorio Vielma Mora of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). A \r\nmillionaire business was born that always goes to the same beneficiaries and \r\ndoes not stop growing. After all, <A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/Reportajes\/Details\/2449\">Group \r\nGrand Limited was also chosen by the Ministry of Health to import medicines, \r\nthis time from India<\/A>.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \r\nthe two agreements with the Venezuelan Government for the supply of Clap boxes, \r\nthe agent of Group Grand Limited before the authorities was Andre\u00edna Fuentes \r\nMazzei, the same person that appeared in the letter to Corpovex. On the other \r\nhand, the son of Alex Saab, Shadi Nain Saab Certain, appeared as director of the \r\ncompany until February 24, 2017. In addition, the contact address on the \r\nincorporation papers of the company is the same of Fondo Global de Construcci\u00f3n \r\nin Caracas. Shadi Saab was succeeded by Javier Ernesto Betancourt Valle, a \r\nColombian lawyer, former consul of his country in New York, and whose name will \r\nappear again in this business network with a company from the United Arab \r\nEmirates. In the Mexican subsidiary of Group Grand Limited, opened and \r\nliquidated in 2017, the son of \u00c1lvaro Pulido Vargas appeared as the company's \r\nproxy for a brief period.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1217\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-06.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-06-700x533.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-06-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-06-700x533@2x.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connection in Istanbul<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although \r\nthe company was registered on May 7, 2015, Betsy Mata became a member of the \r\nboard of directors of the Turkish Mulberry Proje Yatirim A.S. only a few months \r\nago. The contact telephone number on the incorporation papers in Istanbul is \r\nfrom Caracas. The documents also reveal the connection of this firm with a \r\nBritish company called Mulberry Capital Partners Limited.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nmoving of the apparent epicenter of the Clap business to Turkey does not seem \r\ncasual. In fact, it may seem natural, and not because the Saab family name goes \r\nback to its ancestors in the Middle East. For months, financial intelligence \r\nunits of at least four American countries have been investigating the money \r\nflows behind the CLAP business, after Public Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega \r\nD\u00edaz, recently dismissed by Maduro and in exile, reported last August that Group \r\nGrand Limited was managed by Alex Saab and \u00c1lvaro Pulido on behalf of the \r\nVenezuelan president. \u201cWe have conducted an investigation on the CLAP food bags \r\ndelivered in Venezuela by a company registered in Mexico under the name of two \r\npeople. The company is Group Grand Limited and presumably belongs to the \r\npresident of the Republic, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro,\" declared Ortega D\u00edaz. The message \r\nresounded and authorities of several countries started an \r\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But \r\nthere is also the political pragmatism of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who in a matter of \r\nmonths has strengthened the relationship with his Turkish counterpart, Recep \r\nTayyip Erdogan, in search of an ally to avoid the financial penalties imposed on \r\nboth countries by Donald Trump\u2019s administration since mid-last \r\nyear.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_90ViIZ-TX alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_90ViIZ-TX kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-07.jpg\" data-description=\"The Government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has strengthened the relationship with the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Several Venezuelan officials have visited Turkey in recent months.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-07.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-07.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-07.jpg\" data-id=\"53372\" class=\"wp-image-53372 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-07.jpg 750w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-07-700x1021.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has strengthened the relationship with the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Several Venezuelan officials have visited Turkey in recent months.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-08.jpg\" data-description=\"The Government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has strengthened the relationship with the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Several Venezuelan officials have visited Turkey in recent months.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-08.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-08.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-08.jpg\" data-id=\"53373\" class=\"wp-image-53373 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-08.jpg 750w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-08-700x1021.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has strengthened the relationship with the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Several Venezuelan officials have visited Turkey in recent months.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-09.jpg\" data-description=\"The Government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has strengthened the relationship with the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Several Venezuelan officials have visited Turkey in recent months.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-09.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-09.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-09.jpg\" data-id=\"53374\" class=\"wp-image-53374 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-09.jpg 750w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-09-700x1021.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Government of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has strengthened the relationship with the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Several Venezuelan officials have visited Turkey in recent months.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"We \r\nhave brought a thorough document of all investment opportunities. It is the \r\nfirst scenario where Venezuela comes out with a detailed investment proposal,\" \r\nMaduro announced in July from Istanbul before Turkish entrepreneurs. In October \r\n2017, both heads of state set up the \"second joint intergovernmental commission\" \r\nin Ankara, and since then, Venezuelan officials have repeatedly traveled to \r\nTurkey. In last year\u2019s November, it was the turn of the Finance Minister, Sim\u00f3n \r\nZerpa, while in January of the current year the then president of the National \r\nConstituent Assembly and now Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, as \r\nwell as the former Minister of Foreign Trade, Jos\u00e9 Gregorio Vielma Mora, were in \r\nthe Eurasian nation.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results \r\ndid not take long. On August 31, two presidential decrees formalized the link \r\nbetween <BR>state-owned companies Minerven and Carbozulia and Turkish companies \r\nfor the creation of \"joint ventures.\" Previously, in July, the Venezuelan \r\ngovernment confirmed to Reuters that it refines in Turkey the gold extracted \r\nfrom the so-called Mining Arch, in the south of the country. That same month, \r\nthe Minister of Food, Luis Medina Ram\u00edrez, reported on Twitter that he met in \r\nCaracas with executives of Yayla, which he defined as the \"Turkish agro-food \r\ngiant\" and with which they agreed upon the \"cooperation in the supply of food \r\nand support to agricultural production.\" Clap boxes are a mirror of the approach \r\nand, for months, some of the eleven products are Turkish-branded and end up in \r\nthe Venezuelan homes after the Government sells the food combos at subsidized \r\nprices.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_zSn1eJ-P2 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_zSn1eJ-P2 kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-10.jpg\" data-description=\"The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-10.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-10.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-10.jpg\" data-id=\"53375\" class=\"wp-image-53375 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-10.jpg 750w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-10-700x1021.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-11.jpg\" data-description=\"The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-11.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-11.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-11.jpg\" data-id=\"53376\" class=\"wp-image-53376 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-11.jpg 750w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-11-700x1021.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-12.jpg\" data-description=\"The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-12.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-12.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-12.jpg\" data-id=\"53377\" class=\"wp-image-53377 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-12.jpg 800w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-12-700x443.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-12-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-13.jpg\" data-description=\"The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-13.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-13.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-13.jpg\" data-id=\"53378\" class=\"wp-image-53378 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-13.jpg 800w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-13-700x443.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-13-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Minister of Food informed about the agreement reached with executives of a Turkish company for the supply of products. For months, Clap boxes have included Turkish brand items.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betsy \r\nMata did not answer the interview request for this report. However, databases \r\nspecialized in international trade, like <I \r\nstyle=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Panjiva<\/I>, provide clues about the role of \r\nMulberry Proje Yatirim in the Clap business. According to this registry, the \r\nTurkish company acts as an intermediary of the Venezuelan Government in food \r\nimportation, as Group Grand Limited has done since 2016. The data confirms that \r\nMulberry Proje Yatirim buys merchandise from Rice &amp; Beans or El Sardinero, \r\nboth well-known Mexican suppliers and to which Group Grand Limited also resorted \r\nregularly to acquire shipments that come, as before, from the port of \r\nVeracruz.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexican \r\nauthorities detected that from 2016 to 2017, El Sardinero alone issued \"fiscal \r\ninvoices\" to Group Grand Limited for nearly 240 million dollars. \"From April \r\n2016 to August 2017, Group Grand Limited sent international transfers from Hong \r\nKong to five different companies in Mexico,\" as referred to in a document. In \r\nthat report, Asasi Food FZC stands out ?a \r\nUnited Arab Emirates company, another intermediary of the Claps that began to \r\nmake a name for itself almost at the same time that Group Grand Limited was \r\ndisappearing from the business and its Mexican subsidiary - the one that gave \r\nrise to the complaint filed by Prosecutor Ortega D\u00edaz in 2017 - initiated the \r\nbankruptcy proceeding.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_o5YZJa-zy alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_o5YZJa-zy kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-14.jpg\" data-description=\"Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to &quot;meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development&quot;. It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-14.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-14.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-14.jpg\" data-id=\"53379\" class=\"wp-image-53379 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-14.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-14-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-14-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to \"meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development\". It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-15.jpg\" data-description=\"Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to &quot;meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development&quot;. It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-15.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-15.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-15.jpg\" data-id=\"53380\" class=\"wp-image-53380 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-15.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-15-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-15-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to \"meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development\". It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-16.jpg\" data-description=\"Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to &quot;meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development&quot;. It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-16.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-16.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-16.jpg\" data-id=\"53381\" class=\"wp-image-53381 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-16.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-16-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-16-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to \"meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development\". It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-17.jpg\" data-description=\"Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to &quot;meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development&quot;. It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-17.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-17.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-17.jpg\" data-id=\"53382\" class=\"wp-image-53382 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-17.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-17-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-17-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to \"meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development\". It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-18.jpg\" data-description=\"Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to &quot;meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development&quot;. It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-18.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-18.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-18.jpg\" data-id=\"53383\" class=\"wp-image-53383 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-18.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-18-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-18-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Asasi Food FZC is defined as a company aiming to \"meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial development\". It joins Salva Foods 2015 and Group Grand Limited, among other companies that are behind the CLAP plot.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Arabia Felix\u2019 for Some<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asasi \r\nFood FZC also became part of the Alex Saab and \u00c1lvaro Pulido business plot. \r\nSources claim that Group Grand Limited did not only assign financial rights to \r\nMulberry Proje Yatirim, but also to Asasi Food FZC. Although this version could \r\nnot be reliably confirmed for this release, a primary connection point was found \r\nbetween the pair of Colombian entrepreneurs and the UAE \r\ncompany.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nlink is in the commercial file of Salva Foods 2015, the Venezuelan company \r\nresponsible for the CLAP Stores. In those papers, there is an unsuccessful \r\nattempt to sell Salva Foods 2015 to Asasi Food FZC. \"Cancellation of sale to \r\nAsasi Food FZC\", reads a handwritten sheet of the book of shareholders, almost \r\nlost among the other pages. Asasi Food FZC was represented in that act by Jorge \r\nWuerms, Panamanian, and Javier Betancourt, the Colombian lawyer who succeeded \r\nAlex Saab's son as director of Group Grand Limited. \"Asasi Food FZC is a company \r\nthat aims to meet the basic needs of mankind through agro-industrial \r\ndevelopment,\" the company claims on its website.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although \r\nthe sale failed, the participation of Asasi Food FZC in the Clap business was \r\nregistered in <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Panjiva<\/I>, in addition to \r\nthe money movements detected by the Mexican authorities. Asasi Food FZC bought \r\nfood from Mexican industrialists and sold it to the Venezuelan government. Some \r\nof those suppliers were El Sardinero, Molinos de Azteca de Chalco and Grupo \r\nBrandon. The latter has become this year the main supplier of milk powder that \r\narrives in Venezuela in the Clap boxes, despite of <A \r\nhref=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/Reportajes\/Details\/2395\">being \r\ncompletely unknown to the Mexican dairy industry<\/A> \r\nand the <A href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/Reportajes\/Details\/2394\">poor \r\nnutritional quality that some of its products showed after being \r\nanalyzed<\/A> \r\nby the Institute of Food Science and Technology of Universidad Central de \r\nVenezuela at the request of Armando.Info.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_6YjF0H-0p alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_6YjF0H-0p kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-19.jpg\" data-description=\"Both Mulberry Proje Yatirim and Asasi Food FZC have mediated food imports for CLAP. Despite being a Turkish company and an Arab Emirates company, they buy in Mexico and sell the merchandise to the Venezuelan Government, just as Group Grand Limited did in 2017.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-19.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-19.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-19.jpg\" data-id=\"53384\" class=\"wp-image-53384 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-19.jpg 966w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-19-700x220.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-19-768x242.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Both Mulberry Proje Yatirim and Asasi Food FZC have mediated food imports for CLAP. Despite being a Turkish company and an Arab Emirates company, they buy in Mexico and sell the merchandise to the Venezuelan Government, just as Group Grand Limited did in 2017.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-20.jpg\" data-description=\"Both Mulberry Proje Yatirim and Asasi Food FZC have mediated food imports for CLAP. Despite being a Turkish company and an Arab Emirates company, they buy in Mexico and sell the merchandise to the Venezuelan Government, just as Group Grand Limited did in 2017.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-20.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-20.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-20.jpg\" data-id=\"53385\" class=\"wp-image-53385 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-20.jpg 964w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-20-700x298.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-20-768x327.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Both Mulberry Proje Yatirim and Asasi Food FZC have mediated food imports for CLAP. Despite being a Turkish company and an Arab Emirates company, they buy in Mexico and sell the merchandise to the Venezuelan Government, just as Group Grand Limited did in 2017.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-21.jpg\" data-description=\"Both Mulberry Proje Yatirim and Asasi Food FZC have mediated food imports for CLAP. Despite being a Turkish company and an Arab Emirates company, they buy in Mexico and sell the merchandise to the Venezuelan Government, just as Group Grand Limited did in 2017.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"965\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-21.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-21.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-21.jpg\" data-id=\"53386\" class=\"wp-image-53386 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-21.jpg 965w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-21-700x185.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-21-768x203.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Both Mulberry Proje Yatirim and Asasi Food FZC have mediated food imports for CLAP. Despite being a Turkish company and an Arab Emirates company, they buy in Mexico and sell the merchandise to the Venezuelan Government, just as Group Grand Limited did in 2017.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources \r\nfamiliar with the business state that the money movements of Asasi Food FZC were \r\nmade through Noor Capital PSC bank, also from the United Arab \r\nEmirates.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salva \r\nFoods 2015\u2019s file shows another failed transfer attempt. The owner, Carlos \r\nLizcano, also tried to sell the company responsible for the CLAP Stores to L \r\n&amp; L Inversiones SAS, a Colombian company that he also owns and according to \r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.importgenius.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">importgenius.com<\/A>, \r\nwas a supplier of Abastos Bicentenario in 2015, the same sales network that was \r\nfinally replaced by the CLAP Stores. In addition, late last year, L &amp; L \r\nInversiones SAS shipped merchandise to Salva Foods 2015.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last \r\nMay, Carlos Lizcano, who has evaded the interview requests, transferred the \r\nmajority shareholding of Salva Foods 2015 to another company that he \r\nrepresented, incorporated in Abu Dhabi, one of the seven Arab emirates on the \r\ncoasts of the Persian Gulf, thousands of kilometers from Venezuela. Just before \r\nthe sale of shares, the capital of Salva Foods 2015 increased from 2,000 million \r\nbolivars (currently, two million <I \r\nstyle=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">bol\u00edvares soberanos<\/I> or just over $ \r\n30,000 at the official rate) to 50,000 million bolivars (50 million <I \r\nstyle=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">bol\u00edvares soberanos<\/I>, almost $ 850,000 at \r\nthe official rate) that were finally divided between Mezedes Holding Ltd, with \r\n65.97%, and Carlos Lizcano, with 34.02%.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_mByL7d-7n alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_mByL7d-7n kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1903\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22.jpg\" data-id=\"53387\" class=\"wp-image-53387 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22.jpg 1903w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22-700x358.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22-1536x786.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22-1235x632.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-22-700x358@2x.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1903px) 100vw, 1903px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-23.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-23.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-23.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-23.jpg\" data-id=\"53388\" class=\"wp-image-53388 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-24.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-24.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-24.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-24.jpg\" data-id=\"53389\" class=\"wp-image-53389 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-25.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-25.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-25.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-25.jpg\" data-id=\"53390\" class=\"wp-image-53390 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-26.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-26.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-26.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-26.jpg\" data-id=\"53391\" class=\"wp-image-53391 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-27.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-27.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-27.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-27.jpg\" data-id=\"53392\" class=\"wp-image-53392 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-28.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-28.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-28.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-28.jpg\" data-id=\"53393\" class=\"wp-image-53393 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-29.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-29.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-29.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-29.jpg\" data-id=\"53394\" class=\"wp-image-53394 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-30.jpg\" data-description=\"Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the &quot;CLAP Stores&quot;. It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-30.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-30.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-30.jpg\" data-id=\"53395\" class=\"wp-image-53395 skip-lazy\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Salva Foods 2015 is the company responsible for the \"CLAP Stores\". It belongs to Carlos Lizcano Manrique, who after two unsuccessful transfer attempts, sold 65.97% of the shares to Mezedes Holding Ltd, a newly created United Arab Emirates company with Lizcano as director.<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \r\nAbu Dhabi company register confirms that Mezedes Holding Ltd was created on \r\nApril 10, 2018, just four days after that letter whereby Group Grand Limited \r\nassigned its financial rights to the Turkish company. It is proof, at least, \r\nthat in the end, the plan to feed the poorest in Venezuela, formalized by Maduro \r\nin March 2016, benefits a company nominally incorporated in one of the richest \r\nplaces on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_rIlyDE-Qu alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-slider kb-gallery-id-_rIlyDE-Qu kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel splide kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark kb-slider-group-arrow kb-slider-arrow-position-center\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init kb-blocks-slider splide__list\"><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1099\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31.jpg\" data-id=\"53396\" class=\"wp-image-53396 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31-700x481.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31-1536x1056.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31-1235x849.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-31-700x481@2x.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1099\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32.jpg\" data-id=\"53397\" class=\"wp-image-53397 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32-700x481.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32-1536x1056.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32-1235x849.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-32-700x481@2x.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kb-slide-item kb-gallery-slide-item splide__slide\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33.jpg\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"   role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1099\" src=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33.jpg\"   alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33.jpg\" data-id=\"53398\" class=\"wp-image-53398 skip-lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33.jpg 1598w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33-700x481.jpg 700w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33-1536x1056.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33-1235x849.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018-33-700x481@2x.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div 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Although the move from Mexico and Hong Kong, seems geographically epic, the companies has not changed hands. They are still owned by Colombian entrepreneurs Alex Nain Saab Mor\u00e1n and \u00c1lvaro Pulido Vargas, who control since 2016 a good part of the Import of food financed with public funds. Around the world for a business.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":53399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387,2210],"tags":[1841],"pais":[4216],"serie":[941],"localizacion":[4227],"ppma_author":[2377],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internacionales","category-investigacion","tag-ingles","pais-venezuela-en","serie-behind-the-clap"],"acf":{"reportage-top-html":""},"views":3199,"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2387,"label":"Internacionales"},{"value":2210,"label":"Investigacion"}],"post_tag":[{"value":1841,"label":"Ingl\u00e9s"}],"pais":[{"value":4216,"label":"Venezuela"}],"serie":[{"value":941,"label":"BEHIND THE CLAP"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/armando.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/16092018.jpg",1920,784,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"ARMANDO.INFO","author_link":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/author\/armando2\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2387,"name":"Internacionales","slug":"internacionales","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2387,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":127,"filter":"raw","menu_order":"0","cat_ID":2387,"category_count":127,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Internacionales","category_nicename":"internacionales","category_parent":0},{"term_id":2210,"name":"Investigacion","slug":"investigacion","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2210,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":670,"filter":"raw","menu_order":"0","cat_ID":2210,"category_count":670,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Investigacion","category_nicename":"investigacion","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":1841,"name":"Ingl\u00e9s","slug":"ingles","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1841,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":50,"filter":"raw","menu_order":"0"}],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-24 01:07:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"authors":[{"term_id":2377,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"roberto-deniz","display_name":"ROBERTO DENIZ","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"pais","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pais?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"serie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/serie?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"localizacion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/localizacion?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armando.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}