{"id":6538,"date":"2020-05-13T14:32:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diazreus.com\/venezuelan-oil-company-sues-miami-ex-congressman-over-50-million-deal\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T21:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:19:14","slug":"venezuelan-oil-company-sues-miami-ex-congressman-over-50-million-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diazreus.com\/es\/venezuelan-oil-company-sues-miami-ex-congressman-over-50-million-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan Oil Company Sues Miami Ex-Congressman Over $50 Million Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">By <a class=\"css-brehiz e1jsehar0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/patricia-mazzei\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Patricia Mazzei<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div>\n<header class=\"css-1s42yv6 euiyums2\">\n<div class=\"css-18e8msd\">\n<div class=\"css-ld3wwf e16638kd1\"><time class=\"css-1sbuyqj e16638kd3\" datetime=\"2020-05-13T12:45:09-04:00\">May 13, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-ld3wwf e16638kd1\"><time class=\"css-1sbuyqj e16638kd3\" datetime=\"2020-05-13T12:45:09-04:00\"><\/time><time class=\"css-1sbuyqj e16638kd3\" datetime=\"2020-05-13T12:45:09-04:00\"><\/time>MIAMI \u2014 Venezuela\u2019s state-run oil company <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/12\/business\/venezuela-oil-debt-payment.html\">was on the verge of financial ruin<\/a> in 2017 when it decided it needed expert advice on how to improve its reputation and standing with American policymakers who could be instrumental to its survival.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-nnwssh evys1bk0\">For help, the company, Petr\u00f3leos de Venezuela, S.A., or PDVSA, turned to a well-connected former Florida congressman, agreeing to pay his firm $50 million over three months for \u201cstrategic consulting services.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-nnwssh evys1bk0\">The ex-congressman was David Rivera, a Cuban-American Republican from Miami who made a political career out of taking <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/roomfordebate\/2012\/04\/12\/are-hard-line-cuban-americans-strong-as-ever\/castro-remains-a-real-issue-for-all-cubans\">strident anti-communist stances<\/a> \u2014 and was now being hired by President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro of Venezuela\u2019s socialist government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-wrapper\" class=\"css-2ninbb\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-slug\" class=\"css-l9onyx\">As part of the previously undisclosed deal, a subsidiary of a PDVSA holding company in the U.S. says it shelled out $15 million to Mr. Rivera\u2019s consulting firm. It received just two vague reports totaling five pages in return, according to a lawsuit for breach of contract filed on Wednesday in the United States District Court in Manhattan.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-nnwssh evys1bk0\">Mr. Rivera\u2019s firm, Interamerican Consulting, \u201cperformed no meaningful services under the Agreement, and certainly did not perform the level of services that might be reasonably be expected for a fee of approximately $17 million per month,\u201d the complaint filed by PDV USA, the American subsidiary, says, referencing the monthly total he charged for his services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"NYT_MID_MAIN_CONTENT_REGION\" class=\"css-9tf9ac\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-nnwssh evys1bk0\">The company seeks to recover, with interest, the $15 million it ultimately paid to Interamerican over three $5 million installments between March and April of 2017, as well as compensatory damages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Representative David Rivera, a strident anti-communist, was quietly consulting for President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s socialist government. 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