Venezuela Wants Special Master Removed From Oil Auction After $5.8B Bid Favored

( October 14, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and state-owned entities filed a redacted brief on Oct. 13 in Delaware federal court to disqualify the special master overseeing an auction of Venezuelan oil shares to satisfy confirmed international arbitration awards and civil judgments against Venezuela worth billions of dollars, alleging a conflict of interest between the special master and the hedge fund whose bid the master recommended....