Judge: Canadian firm can go after Venezuela`s US refineries
(WorldNews Business)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A Canadian gold mining company on Thursday won the right to go after Venezuela`s prized U.S.-based oil refineries and collect $1.4 billion it lost in a decade-old take-over by the late socialist President Hugo Chavez. Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. Federal District Court in Delaware made the ruling in favor of Crystallex, striking a blow to crisis-wracked Venezuela, which stands to lose its most valuable asset outside of the country - Citgo. Chavez took over the gold...