#Maduro, you and #Chavez finished everything in #Venezuela I do not wish you ill because it is stuck, but everything that is done wrong in this life is paid sooner or later. It is the law of life. Today I have a great sadness but it allows me to see how fragile and weak the human being is when he loses everything except life and that makes you leave your pride and fill yourself with Charity, something that your government lacks in abundance. @reuters Reuters) - A U.S. judge has granted a Canadian company the right to go after prized U.S. assets belonging to Venezuela, in a bid to get paid on an $1.4 billion award tied to the 2008 nationalization of its gold mining operations by the now cash-strapped South American country. U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark in Delaware on Thursday granted a so-called writ of attachment to Crystallex International Corp in shares of Citgo Holding, which owns a U.S.-based oil refiner controlled by state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) [PDVSA.UL]. Stark also imposed a temporary stay on Crystallex enforcing the writ to give other parties a chance to weigh in. The judge ruled on Aug. 9 that Citgo Holding assets were subject to attachment. PDVSA said it would appeal. Other companies may also lay claims on the assets, and the writ does not mean Crystallex will take over Citgo and run its refineries. On Wednesday, lawyers for Rosneft Trading SA (ROSN.MM), a unit of Russia's largest oil company, which had been pledged about half the Citgo Holding shares, in a letter urged a hearing on how to "structure a robust appraisal and sale process" for the shares. Holders of PDVSA bonds maturing in 2020 were pledged the other half, the Rosneft lawyers said. Lawyers for Rosneft and Crystallex did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday. Crystallex has been seeking to recoup losses from a decade ago, when Venezuela nationalized its gold mining operations under then-President Hugo Chavez. The $1.4 billion amount comprised roughly $1.2 billion plus $200 million of interest awarded by a World Bank arbitration tribunal in 2016. #Citgo #Venezuela #crystallex
