There is also the case of Merentes’ fomer Vice-Minister and Director of Public Credit Jesus Bermudez in hir prior service in Finance, who was detained in Miami for having US$ 40,000 in cash, which the newspaper considerrs it “abusive” on the part of the US authorities because that is not illegal. Well, it may not be illegal to have the money, but it is illegal not to declare it!
What the article does not say, is that the money was found under the pilot’s seat, in Bermudez’ recently acquired private plane, which can actually fly all the way to Miami regularly. I guess those public sevice salaries have really improved under the revolution, since Bermudez spent almsot five of the six years Chavez has been in power working there. Such a clean revolution!
The Devil's Excrement 
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