But somehow, every single case I brought up for corruption, from Argentinean bonds, to structured notes to the lack of separation of State and party did not seem to convince them.

But evidence mounted and what the Devil had been saying became the standard in corruption cases in Venezuela. Then, Maletagate happened and it seemed to link all of the cases, as the principals of Maletagate seemed to have participated in a most of the corrupt shenanigans of the robolution.

And a funny thing happened: The cheerleaders went on the blink, no comments, no defense. They were dumb, but not THAT dumb. Even worse, the Venezuelan Government simply blamed the “Empire” claiming the infamous Antonini suitcase full of cash was just a combined CIA/FBI plot to embarrass Hugo Chavez. Only Evo has a bigger conspiracy theory than this.

But the robolution, can hide, but it can’t run. It is here to stay and today a certain German company by the name of Siemens agreed to pay US$ 1.34 billion in fines for a criminal investigation on bribery payments around the world and the robolution was very much at the center of it.

According to the SEC complaint, between 2001 and 2007, Siemens paid bribes in Venezuela to the tune of US$ 16.7 million to Government officials in order to obtain contracts for the subway systems of Valencia and Maracaibo. Using schemes that you can read about in the complaint, Siemens paid a “consultant” or “fixer” US$ 6.8 million dollars to funnel the money to Venezuelan Government officials.

While no names are given out, the money went into the bank accounts of Venezuelan “government officials’ and “politically connected individuals” including:

-A high ranking member of the Central Government

-A former Venezuelan Minister of Defense and diplomat

-Two prominent Venezuelan Attorneys

-A relative of a local politician

who, according to the complaint “all had influence in these and other Siemens contracts”

This consultant, a former “advisor to former Presidents” got some US$ 6.8 millions to steer these contracts in the right direction.

So, once again the robolution finds itself at the center of one of the biggest corruptions scandals in the world, this time a corporate scandal. Much like the other cases, we learn about it not because the supposedly “clean” revolution finds out about it, but more because somewhere else the checks and balances that that have been obliterated by the robolution in Venezuela have revealed the intimacies of the cesspool of people surrounding Hugo Chavez and his robolution and how he allows it to happen and continue day after day.

Because tomorrow we will hear the same tiring tune that this is simply another attempt by the oligarchs and the empire and the CIA and the FBI to discredit Hugo and those that closely surround him.

And don’t even dream of an investigation, the General Prosecutor and the Comptroller and the Courts are just too busy studying the intricacies of any laws the leading members of the opposition may have violated while running their states and municipalities, so they can ban them from running.

They are after all the real enemy of the “process” not these small hoodlums that rip off a few million dollars at a time.

And the cheerleaders of the robolution?

Sinking in their own lies, defending the few things they can talk about, before they are also shown to be lies.