{"id":91609,"date":"2026-03-03T18:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecitizenfortheworld.com\/?p=91609"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:52:26","slug":"el-testaferro-de-confianza-del-gobernador-de-portuguesavenezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecitizenfortheworld.com\/?p=91609","title":{"rendered":"El testaferro de confianza del gobernador de Portuguesa (Venezuela)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela<\/p>\n<p>Marzo 2026.- El mandatario Regional, Primitivo Cede\u00f1o, ha tejido una estructura de corrupci\u00f3n en Portuguesa, utilizando negocios legales para blanquear capitales de origen il\u00edcito, mientras con los poderes gubernamentales les brinda &#8220;protecci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica&#8221; a quienes trabajan para \u00e9l, como es el caso del empresario Austin Alfonzo Pi\u00f1ate Romero, conocido en el \u00e1mbito comercial como presidente del Grupo Hammer y se\u00f1alado como el &#8220;homne de paja&#8221; del gobernador.<\/p>\n<p>La carrera empresarial de Austin Pi\u00f1ate comenz\u00f3 en noviembre de 2013, desde entonces ha encabezado una estructura de empresas fachada para ejecutar operaciones de lavado de dinero que beneficiar\u00edan a altos funcionarios del chavismo.<\/p>\n<p>Uno de los hechos m\u00e1s llamativos fue la designaci\u00f3n de Pi\u00f1ate como Director del Central Azucarero Las Majaguas, ubicado en el municipio Agua Blanca de Portuguesa. Este nombramiento evidencia la cercan\u00eda y compenetraci\u00f3n entre el pol\u00edtico y el empresario, ya que se produjo por una orden directa del gobernador Primitivo Cede\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>El central hoy funciona para la producci\u00f3n de la denominada &#8220;az\u00facar chimba&#8221;, un negocio que tambi\u00e9n sirve para encubrir operaciones il\u00edcitas.<\/p>\n<p>En este c\u00famulo de ilegalidades tambi\u00e9n destacan el manejo de los fondos del peaje &#8220;La Luc\u00eda&#8221; y el peaje La Cascada. Adem\u00e1s de las irregularidades de que existen en empresa del sector automotriz y de repuestos, como las del Grupo Hammer, que son la punta de lanza para dar apariencia de legalidad a las transacciones, que inicialmente se realizaban solo en divisas, pero en la actualidad incluyen grandes vol\u00famenes de bol\u00edvares.<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de las acusaciones por corrupci\u00f3n, exempleados del Grupo Hammer han denunciado a Pi\u00f1ate por presunta explotaci\u00f3n laboral y estafa. Seg\u00fan los trabajadores, la empresa paga en divisas, pero al momento de las liquidaciones calculan los montos como si los empleados hubieran percibido salario m\u00ednimo. Tambi\u00e9n le adeudan horas extras, vacaciones y dotaci\u00f3n de uniformes.<\/p>\n<p>El silencio oficial es ensordecedor, ninguna autoridad del Estado se ha manifestado ni siguiera para desmentir las m\u00faltiples denuncias realizadas por organizaciones de la sociedad civil en Portuguesa.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Citizen for the World<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela Marzo 2026.- El mandatario Regional, Primitivo Cede\u00f1o, ha tejido una estructura de corrupci\u00f3n en Portuguesa, utilizando negocios legales para blanquear capitales de origen il\u00edcito, mientras con los poderes gubernamentales les brinda &#8220;protecci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica&#8221; a quienes trabajan para \u00e9l, como es el caso del empresario Austin Alfonzo Pi\u00f1ate Romero, conocido en el \u00e1mbito comercial como [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - 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