US Extends Venezuela Sanctions Again to Block Creditors From Seizing CITGO, Treasury Says

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The United States has again delayed a measure preventing bondholders of seizing majority ownership of the US-based petroleum refiner and marketer CITGO, which was pledged as collateral in an earlier bond sale by Venezuela’s state owned oil company PDVSA, the US Treasury Department announced in a notice on Wednesday.

“All transactions related to, the provision of financing for, and other dealings in the Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. 2020 8.5 Percent Bond that would be prohibited by Subsection l(a)(iii) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13835 of May 21, 2018”, the notice said.

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