Sentences with phrase «venezuelan state»

The Venezuelan state - backed cryptocurrency, petro, is being considered by Russia to be used for international transactions, according to the Venezuelan minister of foreign trade, Jose Vielma Mora.

«Many of our young people here find it impossible to have this amount of resources, [but] the Venezuelan state is guaranteeing that all can participate in these plans.»

An article published in March 2016 by Venezuelan state - owned media treated bitcoin as an illegal system, «affecting peace, political and economic stability of many countries in the world» and, because of the anonymity, popular among those «who do not want to leave their fingerprints.»

In addition, we acted in a companion international arbitration case against PDVSA, the Venezuelan state - owned petroleum company.

Founding partner and COO of a New York broker - dealer in connection with an FCPA prosecution and related civil claims arising from alleged «pay - to - play» arrangements with senior officials of a Venezuelan state banking entity.

The Claimant's subsidiary MINCA had contract rights to develop the Las Cristinas gold and copper mine, which is located in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar.

75 percent of its 1.8 million hectares — which includes both the park itself and a «Natural Area of Integrated Management» (NAIM)-- are overlapped by oil and gas concessions held by Spain's Repsol, Brazil's state oil and gas company Petrobras, and PetroAndina, a joint venture between the Bolivian and Venezuelan state companies, YPFB and PDVSA.

Taking the contested relationship between the popular sectors and the Venezuelan state as a point of departure, Iselin Åsedotter Strønen explores how notions such as class, race, state, bureaucracy, popular politics, capitalism, neoliberalism, consumption, oil wealth, and corruption gained salience in the Bolivarian process.

Though the purpose was ostensibly to reduce illicit cross-border activities, these activities are thriving, suggesting the acquiescence — if not connivance — of Venezuelan state forces.

According to local sources in the Venezuelan state of Táchira, it is also increasingly easy for armed Colombian groups to recruit young, desperate Venezuelans.

FILE PHOTO: A man wears a cap with the logo of PDVSA as he attends the swear - in ceremony of the new board of directors of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA in Caracas, Venezuela January 31, 2017.

Today's executive order almost explicitly targets the petro, an oil - backed cryptocurrency tied to Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), a Venezuelan state - owned oil and natural gas company.

CARACAS Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has sued a group of oil trading companies through a U.S. trust over a multi-billion dollar corruption scheme to buy petroleum products below market value, the lawyer representing the trust said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week, seeking meetings in Congress to discuss the fate of a U.S. citizen imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings in Congress to discuss the fate of an American imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings with Congress members to discuss the fate of a Utah man imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.

Third, the Bolivarian Forces of Liberation (FBL), a left - wing armed group primarily functioning in the Venezuelan states of Apure, Barinas and Zulia might intensify the use of violence (for more information on the various types of violent non-state actors present in the Colombian - Venezuelan borderlands see my recent article in Perspectives on Terrorism).

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The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.

August saw the US's most drastic action, restricting the Venezuelan government's access to the US financial system, preventing it and the state oil company, PDVSA, from issuing new debt in US dollars.

According to a recording posted on Twitter by television network VTV, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered several state - owned companies to convert a percentage of their sales and purchases into the petro.

PDVSA is a state - owned oil and natural gas company which, in addition to the Venezuelan government, is also the target of U.S. sanctions.

Backers of the petro could be viewed as extending a line of credit to the Venezuelan government, said a spokesperson who went on to state, «The Venezuelan petro currency could therefore expose US persons to legal risk.»

The White House said Pence would use his address to the Organization of American States to call on nations to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to address the country's humanitarian crisis, release political prisoners and hold free and fair elections.

According to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the state - backed cryptocurrency has generated more than $ 3 billion in sales.

The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appealed the «Bolivarian Alliance», consisting of ten states, to accede to the project for the creation of the cryptocurrency — El Petro secured by oil.

Venezuelans hoping to buy the state's oil - backed cryptocurrency using bolivars are out of luck.

In protest of what Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called a financial «blockade» by the United States and the Trump administration, the government...

The Venezuelan government and its state - run oil company, PDVSA, both defaulted on certain bonds in November, according to ratings agencies.

Maduro blames sanctions imposed by the United States in August barring American citizens and companies from buying any new Venezuelan government or PDVSA bonds.

In addition, the company is the sole importer of Venezuelan coffee beans into the United States through a proprietary direct trade relationship it established in 2008, and it operates its own in - house air roaster.

A dispute between Renault and his sponsor, Venezuelan oil giant PDVSA, caused his F1 exit and the state of the country's economy has cast doubts over a much - anticipated potential return.

Venezuelan ESPN Deportes presenter Jeinny Lizarazo, has posted a video stating that, if her information that we will Sign Karim Benzema during this transfer window is not true, she has agreed to be punished!

In the central Venezuelan city of San Fernando, in a small, one - room hut, a traditional infant procedure that's gaining in popularity in the United States is being practiced.

Last week, Scott also announced he planned to ask the State Board of Administration in August to prohibit the state from doing business with any organization that supports Venezuelan President Nicolas MaState Board of Administration in August to prohibit the state from doing business with any organization that supports Venezuelan President Nicolas Mastate from doing business with any organization that supports Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's embattled government won at least 17 of the 23 states in Sunday's gubernatorial elections, results that prompted allegations of fraud from the opposition coalition.

► Responding to a recent news article on Venezuelan science, Venezuelan scientists Alberto Paniz - Mondolfi and Alfonso Rodriguez - Morales bemoan the current state of research in their country in a letter in this week's Science.

A Venezuelan evolutionary biologist and a US zoologist state that they have refuted, through mitochondrial DNA sequencing, a recent claim, also based on such sequencing, that unknown type of bear must exist.

Following the announcement of the result, the Chinese and Russian governments were quick to congratulate the new Venezuelan president - elect, joining all of Nicolas Máduro's fellow Latin American heads of state, yet the United States remained publicly skeptical of the result and refused to accept it, a position which has not since changed.

During this time, the Venezuelan government has established stronger ties with Russia, China, and other revisionist states such as Iran.

How much the recent controversy involving Venezuela's intention to clamp down on state - supplied race sponsorship will affect Venezuelan driver Potolicchio remains to be seen.

Venezuelan - born painter Jonathan Brender's bright pointillism pieces have made him popular with collectors in the United States and Europe.

So far the Venezuelan government has succeeded in the delaying of proceedings, the result of this case may have a key impact on the enforcement of arbitral rulings against states.

Defended the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in a lawsuit brought by two Venezuelan mining companies in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit over the termination of diamond and gold mining concessions.

Represented Singapore - based trustee in connection with trust and inheritance dispute in Florida state court involving Venezuelan and US interests

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has claimed the successful launch and sale of Petro — the first ever state - issued cryptocurrency.

Featured Venezuelan government intends to purchase Russian auto parts with its state - issued cryptocurrency.

But exchanges outside the United States should realize that if they offer the petro, they will have to be careful to ensure Americans on their platforms do not purchase the token, which would be a blatant violation of U.S. sanctions by providing funding to the Venezuelan government.

The trade of cryptocurrency assets, including digital coins, is now included in the financial sanctions, set in place by the United States on the grounds of alleged corruption and drug trafficking within the Venezuelan government.

yro.slashdot.org - According to an exclusive report by Time, Russia helped Venezuelan officials create the world's first state - backed cryptocurrency to skirt U.S. sanctions.

The New York Times reports that both the Russian and Venezuelan governments are trying to evade U.S. sanctions by creating new, state - sponsored cryptocurrencies that can avoid U.S. jurisdiction.