#Venezuela : du fait des sanctions états-uniennes, le Venezuela est dans l’impossibilité de régler les indemnités d’expropriation de mines d’or. Les sociétés créancières essaient de mettre la main sur la pépite de PDVSA, sa filiale pétrolière aux É.-U. (article de décembre 2018)
Venezuela’s deals to shield Citgo from creditors now in doubt - Reuters
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Venezuela is facing the possible unraveling of a pair of billion-dollar settlements aimed at protecting the cash-strapped country’s U.S.-based Citgo Petroleum Corp from seizure by creditors.
A lawyer for Canadian mining company Crystallex International Corp said on Tuesday Venezuela had breached the $1.4 billion November agreement that resolved a long-running fight over an expropriated gold mine.
Separately, Venezuela’s $1.3 billion settlement in October with Rusoro Mining of Vancouver, also over expropriated mining assets, has been upended by U.S. sanctions on Caracas, a source told Reuters.
Venezuela’s Information Ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Both companies had their sights on getting a U.S. court order to auction the parent company of Citgo, which is indirectly owned by Venezuela through its state oil company, PDVSA.