Venezuela rejects the process of divestment of Citgo in the U.S.
The Government of Venezuela strongly rejects the process of dispossession of the company Citgo Petroleum Corporation (Citgo), which continues to be carried out by the United States authorities, under the subterfuge of a judicial procedure of forced sale of shares clearly contrary to law. teleSUR
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00:00As denounced by the President of the Venezuelan General Assembly, Jorge RodrĂguez, the United
00:05States Court organizing the Citgo auction has already received formal bids from bidders.
00:10In this sense, the Vito Business Group, the largest independent oil operator in the world,
00:14confirmed that it is on the list of companies that submitted bids for the Venezuelan refinery
00:18Citgo Petroleum Corporation illegally handed over to the United States by the fugitive Juan GuaidĂł
00:24and a long list of accomplices that includes Leopoldo LĂłpez, MarĂa Corina, Machado,
00:29and Ignacio Hernández, the alleged persecutor who facilitated the looting. It should be noted
00:34that the Vito Group has been linked to corruption scandals in Mexico and Ecuador.
00:43The Government of Venezuela has strongly rejected the process of expropriation of the company Citgo
00:48Petroleum Corporation, which continues to be carried out by the United States authorities
00:52under the pretext of a judicial process of forced sale of shares clearly contrary to the law.
00:56Through her ex-account, Venezuelan Vice President Elsa RodrĂguez expressed her rejection
01:01of the theft of Citgo, instrumentalized by the U.S. government.
01:05She added that Venezuela would not recognize any type of fraudulent transaction and that the people
01:10in a great national union would defend their patrimony and apply implacable justice to
01:14those who plotted this plunder against the Republic.