Bloomberg | Venezuela Arrests Former Oil Heads as Maduro Widens Purge Bloomberg But Maduro has seized control of a deeply troubled nation, subject to international sanctions and riven by conflict and hunger as the oil profits remain insufficient. “It's strange and inexplicable that at the worst moment of PDVSA -- potentially in ... Venezuela Arrests 2 Top Former Oil Officials Venezuela arrests ex-oil bosses for graft in widening purge Venezuela's ex-oil minister and ex-PDVSA head arrested |