Venezuela, Affiliates Move To Stay Auction Pending Appeal On Alleged Conflicts

( November 21, 2025, 1:49 PM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its affiliates on Nov. 20 filed a motion in Delaware federal court for an administrative stay of a pending auction of their assets to satisfy international arbitration awards and bond debts worth more than $22 billion pending their appeal of a judge’s recent order denying a motion to disqualify himself, the court-appointed special master and the special master’s advisers due to alleged conflicts of interest....