DolarToday Venezuela, today, Saturday, January 22: How much is the dollar trading at?

The dollar in Venezuela it operated stable on its last day, according to DolarToday, amid Juan Guaidó’s gratitude to the United States for the extension of protection to Citgo from its creditors.

At the opening, the dollar stood at 4.79 digital bolivars in the informal market of Venezuela, a lower level by 0.62% compared to 4.82 the previous day, according to data from the portal DolarToday.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó thanked the United States government on Thursday for the one-year extension of protection for the Citgo company, owned by the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), against its creditors.

“The ratification of the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) and the interim government was a fundamental step to maintain the protection of Venezuela’s assets abroad. We thank the Government of the United States for this significant action in defense of a possible future for Venezuelans”, Guaidó wrote on his Twitter account.

On January 4, the so-called unitary platform of the opposition agreed to support an extension, until December 31, 2022, to the “interim presidency” of Guaidó, which he has held since January 2019, when he was a deputy of the AN, and which has been recognized by a group of countries, such as the United States and Colombia.

This recognition has served him to manage Venezuelan companies abroad such as Citgo.

The director of the Office of Asset Control of the United States Treasury, Andrea Gacki, today issued a notification authorizing the extension until January 20, 2023 of the license that prohibits holders of the PDVSA 2020 bond from executing the guarantee which gives them the majority shareholding, protecting Citgo.