Key witness details corruption in Venezuelan suitcase trial
Testimony turned testy on Tuesday in the Miami trial of a rich businessman accused of being a Venezuelan agent after the star witness detailed corruption in the government of President Hugo Chávez and then verbally sparred with a defense attorney. Carlos Kauffmann said he and his partner, Franklin Durán — who is standing trial on charges of acting as an illegal foreign agent — paid tens of millions of dollars to senior Venezuelan officials to obtain profitable government business.Full_Story