Government Agencies
SAIME
Servicio Administrativo de Identificacion, Migracion y Extranjeria
Controls cedulas, passports, and immigration. Single point of control for your entire legal identity. 134 offices nationwide (we have all GPS coordinates).
US Equivalent: DMV + Passport Agency + USCIS merged into one agency.
OPEN API - WE RIPPED IT
SAREN
Servicio Autonomo de Registros y Notarias
Registry and notary service. Controls property deeds, business registration, contracts.
US Equivalent: County Clerk + Notary Public + DMV Title Office.
OPEN API - WE RIPPED IT
CNE
Consejo Nacional Electoral
Runs ALL elections. Controls voter registration, voting machines, counts votes. Declared Maduro winner in 2024 despite exit polls showing 40-point loss.
US Equivalent: Imagine FEC + all state election boards controlled by one party.
ACCUSED OF FRAUD
CICPC
Cuerpo de Investigaciones Cientificas, Penales y Criminalisticas
Criminal investigation corps. Investigates major crimes, runs forensic labs. Accused of extrajudicial killings, torture, political arrests.
US Equivalent: FBI + CSI combined (but with no oversight).
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
SEBIN
Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional
Political police. Arrests dissidents, surveils opposition. HQ: "El Helicoide" - a half-built shopping mall turned prison/spy HQ.
US Equivalent: CIA + Secret Service but for domestic political repression.
TORTURE DOCUMENTED
PDVSA
Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.
State oil company. Once produced 3.5M barrels/day, now ~800K due to mismanagement. Heavily sanctioned by US.
US Equivalent: If ExxonMobil was government-owned and corrupt.
US SANCTIONED
BCV
Banco Central de Venezuela
Central Bank. Presided over the bolivar's collapse (1,000,000%+ inflation). Now integrated into Crystal Vault for real-time financial surveillance.
US Equivalent: The Federal Reserve.
CRYSTAL VAULT INTEGRATED
CANTV
Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela
State telecommunications company. Controls internet, phone lines, and all network infrastructure. Hosts the Crystal Vault database at La Boyera Data Center in Caracas. 12+ ZTE developers embedded here building surveillance systems.
US Equivalent: Imagine AT&T was government-owned and ran all surveillance infrastructure.
HOSTS CRYSTAL VAULT
AS8048 NETWORK
INCES
Instituto Nacional de Capacitacion y Educacion Socialista
National Institute of Socialist Training and Education. Vocational training funded by mandatory 2% payroll tax on employers. Originally INCE before "Socialista" was added in 2008. Once respected, now politicized.
US Equivalent: Community college vocational programs + workforce development agencies.
POLITICIZED
MPPEF
Ministerio del Poder Popular de Economia y Finanzas
Ministry of Economy and Finance. Controls fiscal policy. New website with only 3 posts so far. Open WordPress API.
US Equivalent: Department of Treasury.
OPEN API
SIACPER
Sistema de Administracion de Personal
CNE's internal HR/Personnel system. Exposed via Next.js build manifest. Routes reveal employee tracking, payroll, tax withholding, deceased employees table, and cedula-based lookups.
US Equivalent: Government employee HR database (OPM-level data).
78 ROUTES EXPOSED
SENIAT
Servicio Nacional Integrado de Administracion Aduanera y Tributaria
Tax and Customs Authority. Controls all tax collection, customs, import/export duties. Knows every business transaction in the country.
US Equivalent: IRS + Customs and Border Protection (import side).
TSJ
Tribunal Supremo de Justicia
Supreme Court. Packed with Maduro loyalists, rubber-stamps everything. Famous for dissolving the opposition-controlled National Assembly in 2017.
US Equivalent: US Supreme Court, but imagine if one party appointed all justices.
RUBBER STAMP
DGCIM
Direccion General de Contrainteligencia Militar
Military Counterintelligence. Hunts "traitors" in the military, arrests coup plotters. Known for torturing detained officers to enforce loyalty to Maduro.
US Equivalent: Military intelligence + internal affairs with no oversight.
TORTURE DOCUMENTED
FANB
Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana
Bolivarian National Armed Forces. Deeply involved in government, business, and drug trafficking. Senior officers run PDVSA, mines, and food distribution.
US Equivalent: Combined US armed forces, but running the economy and trafficking drugs.
DRUG TRAFFICKING
GNB
Guardia Nacional Bolivariana
Bolivarian National Guard. Border control, internal security, crowd control. Known for violent crackdowns on protesters with tear gas and buckshot.
US Equivalent: National Guard + Border Patrol + riot police.
PROTEST VIOLENCE
FAES
Fuerzas de Acciones Especiales
Special Action Forces. Elite police unit notorious for extrajudicial killings in poor neighborhoods. UN documented thousands of executions disguised as "confrontations."
US Equivalent: SWAT team that operates as a death squad.
DEATH SQUAD
INEA
Instituto Nacional de los Espacios Acuaticos
National Institute of Aquatic Spaces. Controls all ports, ships, and maritime activity. Controls the ports allegedly used for drug trafficking.
US Equivalent: Coast Guard + Port Authority + Maritime Administration.
CAVIM
Compania Anonima Venezolana de Industrias Militares
State-owned weapons manufacturer AND gun regulator. Controls all legal weapons and ammunition. Result: civilians can't legally arm themselves - only criminals have guns.
US Equivalent: Imagine if the government owned Remington AND was the ATF.
CONATEL
Comision Nacional de Telecomunicaciones
National Telecommunications Commission. Regulates internet and media. Orders website blocks, forces ISPs to censor content, and shuts down critical broadcasters.
US Equivalent: FCC but with power to censor any website or media outlet.
CENSORSHIP ENFORCER
BANCO DE VENEZUELA
Bank of Venezuela
Largest state-owned bank. Now integrated into Crystal Vault - every transaction reports IMEI and GPS coordinates. If you're flagged, your accounts freeze instantly.
US Equivalent: Bank of America but government-owned and reporting your location with every transaction.
CRYSTAL VAULT INTEGRATED
IVSS
Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales
Venezuelan Social Security Institute. Manages pensions, disability, and healthcare benefits. Integrated with Sistema Patria for benefit tracking and control.
US Equivalent: Social Security Administration.
SUNDDE
Superintendencia Nacional para la Defensa de los Derechos Socioeconomicos
Price control enforcement agency. Sets maximum prices on goods, raids businesses for "hoarding," and arrests store owners. Created the shortages that caused the crisis.
US Equivalent: Imagine a federal agency that tells every store what prices to charge and jails them for non-compliance.
CAUSED SHORTAGES
Surveillance Systems
LA BOVEDA DE CRISTAL
The Crystal Vault
Centralized surveillance database activated Christmas 2025 (Dec 24-26). Merged SAIME (identity) + BCV (banking) + Sistema Patria (benefits/voting). Built by ZTE (China). Can disable your entire existence with one click.
US Equivalent: Imagine SSA + IRS + DMV + all banks merged with an "off switch" for your life.
ACTIVATED DEC 2025
ZTE (CHINA) BUILT
SISTEMA PATRIA
Fatherland System
Digital platform for government benefits and surveillance. 21.8 million users. Tracks voting, location, and political loyalty. Login: patria.org.ve
US Equivalent: Benefits.gov + voter tracking + location surveillance.
21.8M TRACKED
ZTE CORPORATION
Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment
Chinese telecom company that built Venezuela's surveillance infrastructure. Provided the tech for Crystal Vault and the Carnet de la Patria system. US-sanctioned for violating Iran/North Korea embargoes.
US Equivalent: Imagine AT&T but Chinese-government-linked and building surveillance for dictators.
BUILT CRYSTAL VAULT
US SANCTIONED
LISTA TASCON
Tascon List
The original 2004 blacklist of 3.4 million citizens who signed petition to recall Chavez. Named after congressman Luis Tascon who published it. Used to deny jobs, contracts, passports. Predecessor to Crystal Vault.
US Equivalent: Imagine a public list of everyone who signed a recall petition, used to deny them employment.
3.4M BLACKLISTED
MAISANTA
Named after Chavez's great-grandfather
Software distributed to government offices to look up any citizen's voting history by cedula. Shows if you signed recall petitions or voted against Chavez. Still used today.
US Equivalent: Software that lets any government worker check if you voted Republican or Democrat.
VOTER SURVEILLANCE
VENAPP
Venezuelan App
Government mobile app for citizens to report "irregularities" - price gouging, hoarding, anti-government activity. Essentially a snitching app to report your neighbors.
US Equivalent: East German Stasi informant network, but there's an app for that.
SNITCH APP
MONEDERO PATRIA
Fatherland Wallet
Digital wallet tied to Sistema Patria. Receives government bonuses, makes payments. Every transaction tracked, linked to your cedula, and now feeds into Crystal Vault.
US Equivalent: Venmo but the government sees every transaction and can freeze it instantly.
TRACKED PAYMENTS
SOLTEIN DATABASE
Soltein SA de CV (Mexican company)
The original database infrastructure for Carnet de la Patria, built by Mexican company Soltein. Started as CLAP food tracking in 2016, evolved into citizen surveillance backbone.
US Equivalent: Third-party contractor building government surveillance database.
MEXICAN CONTRACTOR
DPI
Deep Packet Inspection
Technology that inspects internet traffic content, not just headers. Detected during Christmas 2025 Crystal Vault migration - used to redirect independent press traffic to "digital black holes."
US Equivalent: Your ISP reading the contents of every email and website you visit.
DETECTED DEC 2025
IMEI TRACKING
International Mobile Equipment Identity
Your phone's hardware ID. Crystal Vault now captures IMEI with every banking transaction, linking your physical device to your financial activity and location.
US Equivalent: Your bank reporting your phone's serial number and GPS with every purchase.
CRYSTAL VAULT FEATURE
Political Terms
CHAVISMO
Chavista = follower
Political movement founded by Hugo Chavez. Socialism, anti-imperialism, state control. Like saying "Trumpism" - an ideology built around one leader.
COLECTIVOS
Collectives
Armed pro-government civilian groups. Intimidate opposition, attack protesters, control neighborhoods. Paramilitary thugs with impunity.
US Equivalent: Imagine if Antifa had government backing and motorcycles.
ARMED PARAMILITARY
TREN DE ARAGUA
Aragua Train
Mega-gang born in Tocoron Prison. Now operates across Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and the US. Drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, human smuggling. The gang the US claims to be targeting.
US Equivalent: MS-13 but bigger and better organized.
INTERNATIONAL REACH
PRANES
Prison gang leaders
Prison bosses who actually control Venezuelan prisons. Government ceded control years ago. They maintain order, government looks the other way.
NICOLAS MADURO
President / Dictator
Former bus driver who became Chavez's successor in 2013. Lost 2024 election by ~40 points according to exit polls but CNE declared him winner. Under US indictment for narco-terrorism. $15M bounty on his head.
Status: Indicted by US DOJ, $15 million reward for capture.
US INDICTED
$15M BOUNTY
DIOSDADO CABELLO
Second most powerful figure
Controls the military and intelligence services. Widely considered the real power behind Maduro. US alleges he runs the Cartel de los Soles (drug trafficking). Also under US indictment.
Status: US indicted for drug trafficking, considered kingpin.
US INDICTED
CARTEL TIES
MADURISMO
Madurista = follower
Loyalty to Nicolas Maduro specifically. Many original Chavistas don't like Maduro but have no alternative. Maduristas are the true believers who benefit from the regime.
OPOSICION
Opposition
Everyone who opposes the Maduro government. Fragmented and often fighting among themselves. Leaders are in exile, prison, or banned from running for office.
PSUV
Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela
United Socialist Party of Venezuela. The ruling party that controls all institutions. Maduro is party president. Membership often required for government jobs and benefits.
US Equivalent: Imagine if one party controlled the presidency, all courts, all agencies, and all elections.
OLP
Operacion de Liberacion del Pueblo
"Operation to Liberate the People." Government raids on poor neighborhoods that resulted in thousands of extrajudicial killings. Bodies staged with planted weapons. UN documented systematic executions.
Reality: State-sponsored death squads targeting the poor.
MASS KILLINGS
CARTEL DE LOS SOLES
Cartel of the Suns
Drug trafficking organization allegedly run by Venezuelan military generals. Named for the sun insignias on their uniforms. US indictments name Maduro, Cabello, and senior military as members.
US Equivalent: Imagine if the Joint Chiefs of Staff ran a drug cartel.
US INDICTED
Geography
CARACAS
Capital city
Capital and largest city. Population ~3 million (down from 5M due to exodus). Where most government institutions are based. Extremely dangerous - one of the world's highest murder rates.
MIRAFLORES
Presidential Palace
The Venezuelan White House. Where Maduro lives and governs. Named for the flowers that once grew there. Scene of the 2002 coup attempt.
US Equivalent: The White House.
EL HELICOIDE
The Helix
Half-built shopping mall from the 1950s, now SEBIN headquarters and political prison. Symbol of Venezuela's decline - meant to be a futuristic mall, became a dungeon. Political prisoners held and tortured here.
US Equivalent: Imagine an abandoned mall that became the CIA's secret prison.
POLITICAL PRISON
TOCORON PRISON
Centro Penitenciario de Tocoron
Prison where Tren de Aragua was born and still operates from. Government ceded control to pranes years ago. Has pools, clubs, a zoo. Run entirely by inmates.
US Equivalent: Imagine if the government gave up and let inmates run the prison as their own city.
GANG CONTROLLED
LA GUAIRA
Main port near Caracas
Venezuela's primary port, 30 minutes from Caracas. Key for imports and exports. One of the areas allegedly used for drug trafficking by Cartel de los Soles.
TRAFFICKING ROUTE
LA BOYERA DATA CENTER
CANTV Data Center
CANTV's primary data center in Caracas. Hosts the Crystal Vault centralized database. Where ZTE developers built the surveillance infrastructure. The physical location of Venezuela's surveillance state.
Location: Calle A, La Boyera, Caracas (coordinates available via Waze).
HOSTS CRYSTAL VAULT