Venezuela opposition to leave Citgo funds, management untouched - envoy


  • World
  • Saturday, 16 Feb 2019

Carlos Vecchio, the envoy to the U.S. for Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido, answers questions during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition has no plans to use funds belonging to U.S. refiner Citgo, which is owned by state oil company PDVSA, despite having named a new board for the company this week, the self-declared interim government's U.S. envoy said on Friday.

The opposition will not make changes to the refining company's management or operations until Juan Guaido, the leader of Venezuela's opposition-controlled Congress who swore himself in as president last month, has control of state functions, said Carlos Vecchio, Guaido's representative in Washington.

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