Venezuela’s congressional investigations commission said on Wednesday some $11 billion dollars were unaccounted for between 2004 and 2014 at state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] Describing the amount as “more than the budget of five Central American countries,” commission president Freddy Guevara said there had been wide-scale corruption at the company which is a cash cow for the struggling government. “We’re talking about $11 billion they cannot justify,” said Guevara, an opposition lawmaker while presenting a commission report into PDVSA. The country is undergoing a major economic and social crisis, with shortages of food and medicine. PDVSA said on Monday it “could be difficult” to pay its debt if a bond swap does not go through, after extending a swap proposal for a third time. “If PDVSA […]