Rafael Ramírez Says Maduro Destroyed PDVSA

(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 19.Aug.2018) – Former PDVSA President Rafael Ramírez says Venezuela produced 3 million barrels per day until December 2013. That figure has dropped by 1.8 million, according to his statements. “When we were in the revolutionary government of Comandante Chávez, we had fiscal balance and enough […]

Lawsuits Push Venezuela to Brink of Default

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 17.Feb.2017) – A Paris Court of Appeal’s rejection of an annulment from Venezuela will force the cash-strapped South American country to pay $730 million to Canada’s Gold Reserve Inc. This lawsuit and others pending in international courts, should they be rendered with final decision against […]

Paris Court Favors with Gold Reserve

(Gold Reserve Inc., 7.Feb.2017) – Gold Reserve Inc. announced that on February 7, 2017, the Paris Court of Appeal rejected all of Venezuela’s arguments and issued a judgment dismissing the annulment applications filed by Venezuela pending before the French courts in relation to the arbitral award dated September 22, 2014 […]

Court Enters Default Against Venezuela

(Gold Reserve Inc., 30.Mar.2015) – Gold Reserve Inc. reported on developments in the proceedings instituted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to confirm the $740 million arbitral award dated 22.Sep.2014 rendered against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. On 27.Mar.2015, the Court entered a default against Venezuela […]