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Investment treaty awardUnpaid

Valores Mundiales and Consorcio Andino v. Venezuela

Takeover of corn flour and pasta producers

Headline amount
$430.4MPrincipal
Respondent
VenezuelaState
Awarded
Jul 25, 2017
Status
UnpaidNothing collected

Latest development Nov 2025

Reuters reported that it would recover “hardly anything” from the Amber Energy sale.

The award

Amount awarded
$430.4M, plus about $6M in costs and interest
Award holder
Valores Mundiales S.L. and Consorcio Andino S.L. (Gruma subsidiaries)
Respondent
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Forum
ICSID ARB/13/11

Challenges

Annulment rejected on December 21, 2021.

Enforcement

United States: D.D.C. summary judgment on May 15, 2023. Citgo queue: 12th. It objected to the sale and sought to disqualify Amber Energy.

Recovered to date

None