Washington — Attempts by Venezuela’s creditors to use the US court system to auction off Citgo assets for repayment of old debts should be blocked, lawyers for the administration of self-declared president Juan Guaido argued this week in a US appeals court. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The lawyers added that last year’s judgment allowing Canadian miner Crystallex to go after Citgo assets should be overturned. A US district judge in Delaware ruled in August that Crystallex could auction off PDV Holding’s shares in Citgo to collect on a $1.2 billion judgment related to Venezuela nationalizing its gold mine. “If allowed to succeed, these suits will undermine the Republic’s transition to democracy, extend the humanitarian crisis, and impede the Republic’s ability to reach consensual arrangements with its creditors,” Paul Fishman, a partner with law firm Arnold & Porter, wrote in a court […]