Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, called for the prompt return of the oil company Citgo, a subsidiary of Venezuela’s national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). He claimed that the U.S. government, through actions of the Treasury Department, took control of the company unjustly. During his televised program ‘With Maduro +’, he stated, “Venezuela demands the […]
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