Venezuela Taking Steps To Prevent U.S. From ‘Stealing’ Citgo

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 2.Feb.2019) — Nicolas Maduro, no longer recognized by the U.S., among numerous other countries worldwide as Venezuela’s president, announced the country was “taking actions to defend the interests of the country” and to defend PDVSA’s U.S. refining arm Citgo Petroleum.

“We’re not going to let them steal Citgo,” said Maduro in a broadcast on Venezuelan state television. “This company belongs to the Venezuelan people,” he said.

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