Jets, Horses and Bribes: How a Venezuelan Official Became a Billionaire as His Country Crumbled Alejandro Andrade, a former treasurer in Venezuela’s Socialist government, will be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to receiving more than $1 billion in bribes. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:China’s Propaganda Machine Takes Aim at U.S. Over Trade WarA Friend to Israel, and to Bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘Double Game’ on Anti-SemitismThe New New World: In China, Some Fear the End of ‘Chimerica’The New New World: In China, Some Fear the End of ‘Chimerica’Anti-Semitic Crime Rises in Germany, and Far Right Is BlamedU.S.-Russia Talks Expose Deep Fissures, Despite Hopes for Better Ties