Venezuela's Maduro warns oil sales blockade would be 'catastrophic'


  • World
  • Saturday, 09 Feb 2019

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a gathering in support of his government in Caracas, Venezuela February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned on Friday that blocking all oil shipments from his OPEC-nation would have "catastrophic consequences" in the wake of crippling sanctions imposed by the United States on state oil company PDVSA.

In a news conference in Caracas, Maduro also said anyone who accepted illegal nominations by the opposition to PDVSA and its U.S. subsidiary Citgo Petroleum Corp.

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