PDVAL affair
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|
 PDVAL warehouse in the Community of Cardón. | |
| Date | April 2, 2009 (First complaint is filed) May 25, 2010 (Discovery of the containers) |
|---|---|
| Location |  Venezuela |
| Type | Political corruption |
| Cause | Finding of thousands of tons of expired food in PDVAL. |
| Outcome | Control of PDVAL passes from PDVSA to the Vice President, then to the Ministry of Popular Power for Food 3 managers are arrested (2 are later released and reinstated) |
The PDVAL affair, also known as the Pudreval affair,[nb 1] refers to the finding of tons of rotten food supplies in mid-2010 imported during Hugo Chávez's government through subsidies of state-owned enterprise PDVAL. Due to the scandal, PDVAL started being administrated by the Vicepresidency of Venezuela and afterwards by the Alimentation Ministry.[1] Three former managers were detained,[2] but were released afterwards[3] and two of them had their positions restored.[4] In July 2010, official estimates stated that 130,000 tons of food supplies were affected, while the political opposition informed of 170,000 tons.[1] As of 2012, any advances in the investigations by the National Assembly were unknown.[5]
The most accepted explanation of the loss of food supplies is the organization of PDVAL, because the food network allegedly imported supplies faster than what it could distribute them. The opposition considers the affair as a corrupt case and spokespeople have assured that the public officials deliberately imported more food that could be distributed to embezzle funds through the import of subsidized supplies.[6]
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[edit]- ^ a b "Unos 170 millones de kilos de alimentos importados por Venezuela se han vencido, afirma la oposición". Google (in Spanish). Agencia EFE. 31 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Agencia Venezolana de Noticias (1 August 2010). "Audiencia preliminar por caso PDVAL será el 10 de agosto". El Nacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2010.[dead link]
- ^ García Mora, Ileana (6 November 2011). "Los tres acusados por el caso PDVAL serán enjuiciados en libertad condicional". El Mundo (Venezuela). Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ "Imputados de PDVAL volvieron a sus cargos en Pdvsa". Últimas Noticias. 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ Ackerman, Sasha (15 May 2012). "Rechazan incluir en orden del día caso de alimentos descompuestos de PDVAL". Globovisión. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ Valery, Yolanda (8 June 2010). "Venezuela: escándalo por alimentos vencidos". BBC (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2010.