Epstein Bought Venezuelan Oil Bonds on Advice From Chávez-Era Insider

The report details emails and records showing Jeffrey Epstein’s purchases of Venezuelan PDVSA bonds beginning in 2012, advised by businessman Francisco D’Agostino, and outlines D’Agostino’s access to Venezuelan political and economic elites, links to Derwick Associates, and later legal scrutiny, sanctions, and an arrest related to alleged corruption. It situates these financial dealings amid Venezuela’s oil-sector collapse, political shifts following Chávez’s death, and U.S. sanctions on the oil industry.