Oligarchy

Form of government with small ruling class

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May 12 2022
Bolibourgeoisie
Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén was extradited from Spain to South Florida to face charges of accepting millions in bribes from a billionaire businessman.
2018
Bolibourgeoisie
Adrían Velásquez and Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén were arrested in Spain for allegedly holding over $4 billion of Venezuelan state funds in Andorra and Seychelles.
November 2018
Bolibourgeoisie
Raúl Gorrín was indicted for money laundering and bribery after acquiring Globovisión and transforming it into a pro-Maduro media network.
November 2018
Bolibourgeoisie
Alejandro Andrade was sentenced to ten years in prison by the United States for accepting at least $1 billion in bribes and money laundering, resulting in the seizure of his assets including a Florida mansion, classic cars, and race horses.
March 2018
Bolibourgeoisie
United States authorities began investigating Alejandro Andrade for money laundering and funneling Venezuelan state funds into his personal interests.
2016
Iron law of oligarchy
Bradi Heaberlin and Simon DeDeo performed a quantitative analysis of Wikipedia's network of norms, revealing the emergence of an oligarchy based on competencies in five clusters: administration, article quality, collaboration, formatting, and content policy.

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