Back in 2015, under the presidency of Tabare Vazquezthe president announced on June 6 the agreement with Venezuela. The agreement implied that the debt of Ancap with PDVSA for 400 million dollars over a period of 15 years would be settled immediately if it was reduced to 262 million dollars.
In return, Venezuela had to buy 265,000 tons of food, which had to be paid for through a deposit of 300 million dollars in the Bandes Bank. The paper of Conaprole would be to export 44,000 tons of powdered milk and 12,000 tons of cheese, an equivalent of 39 million dollars agreed with Corpovex. However, the government of Nicolas Maduro The form of the agreement changed, the trust changed banks and the money was never deposited.
In that sense, Fernández assured that the last payment was in January 2017, where 8 million dollars were deposited, but there are still 30 million dollars to pay.
Shared responsibility
From the cooperative they assured that they understand that “the Uruguayan State had responsibility to the extent that it was part of the negotiation and we understood that we should file a lawsuit against both parties.” “One directly owes the bill (Venezuela) and the other participated in the genesis of that business (Uruguay)”, Fernández explained in dialogue with Radio Universal.
In this sense, the president of Conaprole explained that the demand to Uruguay goes directly to the State, while in Venezuela it targets the Venezuelan state through a State company called Corpovex.
In mid-March, the appeals court established that the demand for Conaprole began outside the period provided for by law, so the Uruguayan state was free from all responsibility associated with the lack of payment by Venezuela in the purchase of milk powder 15 years ago. On the other hand, the ruling established that Uruguay It is the place where you can continue litigating against Venezuela.
Regarding this, Fernández assured that the group of lawyers that represents Conaprole understands that the decision is not correct. Meanwhile, with respect to the Bolivarian State, lawyers are raising the possibility of generating some precautionary measure with the assets it could have. Venezuela in it Uruguay.
Meanwhile, the president of Conaprole He assured that the cooperative always expressed its willingness to negotiate with the ambassadors of both countries (both in Uruguayan in Venezuela and the Venezuelan in Uruguay) with the aim of supplying or generating some agreement or exchange mechanism.
González insisted that the money they owe to Conaprole It’s from the producers. Therefore, if it were collected, it would be transferred directly to the victims. “As directors of the cooperative we cannot give up as long as there are possibilities,” he explained and announced that there is the possibility of meeting with the Uruguayan ambassador in Venezuela, Silvia Montes, before she returns to the Caribbean country.
Venezuela’s position
The Venezuelan state does not recognize the claim and highlights the importance of trying to resolve the claim in its country. “It is fully proven and uncontroversial that the parties include a contractual clause where they agreed on the regime of Venezuelan law,” established Venezuela’s defense.
In that sense, they assured that “the Republic of Venezuela It was not and is not a party to the aforementioned contracts, having not signed any of them and there being no rule that attributes jurisdiction to the Uruguayan courts.” “In other words, Corpovex is not the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” they added, referring to the Venezuelan state company Venezuelan Foreign Trade Corporation (Corpovex)which carried out the agreement.
Source: Ambito
