In the vaults beneath the Bank of England, where foreign nations stash parts of their vast gold reserves, lie 1.7 billion euros ($1.9 billion) of disputed gold bars. Two parties claim access to them.
The United States on Thursday blacklisted Mexico's Libre Abordo and a related company, accusing them of helping Caracas evade U.S. sanctions in the first formal action by the U.S. Treasury Department against Mexican firms involved in trading Venezuelan oil.
Venezuela's opposition has asked a U.S. court to delay Canadian miner Crystallex' plan to seize and sell shares in U.S. oil refiner Citgo [PDVSAC.UL], a subsidiary of Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela [PDVSA.UL].
Mexico's Libre Abordo will ask lawyers to evaluate a decision made earlier on Thursday by the U.S. Treasury Department, which sanctioned the firm and a related company, Schlager Business Group, for trading millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil.
The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it fined Panama's Copa Airlines $450,000 for unlawfully transporting passengers between the United States and Venezuela via a stopover point, and ordered the airline to avoid future similar violations.
After 14 weeks locked up in their homes, some Venezuelans are welcoming a decision by President Nicolas Maduro's government to relax a coronavirus lockdown, though doctors warn the measure could speed up contagion in the crisis-hit country.
Venezuela's oil exports have fallen nearly 28% in the first half of June, on course for the lowest level in over 70 years as tanker owners and operators suspend contracts for transporting crude oil, according to documents and data on Tuesday.
Venezuela's pro-government supreme court has ousted the leaders of two key opposition parties and put them in the hands of politicians widely accused of being shadow allies of the ruling Socialist Party, months ahead of legislative elections.
The U.S. government on Monday accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of "illegally" installing a new national electoral council to oversee parliamentary elections due to take place later this year.
Cape Verde can hold a businessman who is close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and was arrested at the weekend for up to 40 days pending an extradition request from the United States, a court in the West African nation ruled late on Sunday.