Deputy claims having received USD 9,300 from a Venezuelan entrepreneur

Venezuelan opposition leader and Deputy Juan Carlos Caldera asserted the money was for his election campaign

The video was recorded at the entrepreneur’s home (Photo:AVN)

EL UNIVERSAL

Friday September 14, 2012 10:02 AM

At a press conference held on Thursday, Venezuelan opposition leader and Deputy Juan Carlos Caldera rebutted corruption charges made earlier on Thursday by leaders of Venezuelan ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

Caldera, featured in a video having a conversation with and receiving money from an unknown person, claimed the man he appears in the video with was Luis Peña, who had been sent by Venezuelan entrepreneur Wilmer Ruperti to deliver USD 9,300 to Caldera in order to support his election campaign.

The opposition leader informed he went to Ruperti's apartment and met with him upon his victory in the primary election held on February 12. Caldera said that afterwards he held two other meetings with Peña, receiving USD 4,150 in each meeting.

The leader called upon Peña to speak in public to confirm such information.

Caldera raised concerns about the intentions behind the video as the identity of the other person had not been revealed.

Translated by Jhean Cabrera

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