2025-11-17T17:10:46-06:00 2024-12-31 823929779 VALBUENA GROUP LLC 2001 NW 107TH AVE SUITE 450-426 MIAMI FL 33172 990 2024-01-01 992590228 ARMANDO INFO INC ARMA 7866203926 1600 SW 1ST AVE STE 410 MIAMI FL 33129 EWALD SCHARFENBERG PRESIDENT 7866203926 2025-11-05 1 1 CARMEN C PIAR P01784212 7862910002 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X EWALD SCHARFENBERG 410 1600 SW 1ST AVE MIAMI FL 33129 213371 0 0 X X 2024 DE ARMANDO INFOAPOSS MISSION IS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION BY CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM ON CORRUPTION CASES BY VERIFIABLE EVIDENCE AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND INFORMED CIVIC PARTICIPATION. 3 3 0 0 213366 0 5 5 213376 67003 63600 67003 0 0 1259 198865 14511 81510 0 81510 ARMANDOINFO NBSP;INC NBSP;IS NBSP;ORGANIZED NBSP;AND NBSP;OPERATED NBSP;AND NBSP;OPERATED NBSP;EXCLUSIVELY NBSP;FOR NBSP;EDUCATIONAL NBSP;PURPOSES NBSP;SPECIFICALLY NBSP;FOR NBSP;ENGAGING NBSP;IN NBSP;INVESTIGATIVE NBSP;JOURNALISM NBSP;TO NBSP;PROVIDE NBSP;INDEPENDENT NBSP;NEWS NBSP;STORIES NBSP;FROM NBSP;COUNTRIES NBSP;INCLUDING NBSP;VENEZUELA NBSP;WHERE NBSP;READERS NBSP;OFTEN NBSP;STRUGGLE NBSP;TO NBSP;FIND NBSP;RELIABLE NBSP;SOURCES NBSP;OF NBSP;INFORMATION NBSP;DUE NBSP;TO NBSP;THE NBSP;REPRESSIVE NBSP;REGIME NBSP;THUS NBSP;THE NBSP;ORGANIZATION NBSP;AIMS NBSP;TO NBSP;REPORT NBSP;ON NBSP;STORIES NBSP;ACROSS NBSP;BORDERS NBSP;THAT NBSP;MIGHT NBSP;NOT NBSP;HAVE NBSP;PLACE NBSP;ON NBSP;OTHER NBSP;NEW NBSP;SITES NBSP;THE NBSP;ORGANIZATION NBSP;PRODUCES NBSP;AND NBSP;PUBLISHERS NBSP;JOURNALIST NBSP;STORIES NBSP;ON NBSP;TOPICS NBSP;SUCH NBSP;AS NBSP;CORRUPTION NBSP;MONEY NBSP;LAUNDERING NBSP;HUMAN NBSP;RIGHTS NBSP;AND NBSP;ENVIRONMENTAL NBSP;ISSUES NBSP;THE NBSP;ORGANIZATION NBSP;ACCOUM 0 0 131861 213371 PROGRAM SERVICE 1- CONDUCTED INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM FOCUSES ON CORRUPTION GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA (VENEZUELA) PUBLISHED A SERIES OF EVIDENCE-BASED REPORT THAT REACHED THOUSAND OF READERS AND WERE CITED BY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA EXPENSE USD 109842.80 PROGRAM SERVICE 2- CIVIC EDUCATIONAL EDIT AND TRAINING ORGANIZED WORKSHOP AND WEBINARS FOR STUDENTS JOURNALIST AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ON TOPICS OF TRANSPARENCY FACT-CHECHING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO RELIABLE INFORMATION EXPENSE USD 22.240 131861 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 FLORIDA 7862910002 1600 SW 1ST AVE UNIT 410 MIAMI FL 33129 X EWALD SCHARFENBERG DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT 030.00 030.00 X X 22240 0 0 ROBERTO DENIZ DIRECT-SECRETARY 020.00 X X 22760 0 0 JOSEPH POLISZUK DIRECTOR-TREASURER 020.00 X X 18600 0 0 63600 0 0 0 25 213341 213366 5 213371 0 0 0 67003 63600 200 1059 131862 0 0 0 81510 0 81510 0 0 X 0 81510 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81510 0 81510 81510 X X 1 X 0 0 0 0 X 213357 213357 213357 213357 213357 213357 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 EUROPE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I , Line 2 THE ORGANIZATION (ARMANDO INFO INC) DID NOT PROVIDE GRANTS OR ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE THE U.S. DURING THE YEAR. 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