Reporter Leocenis García rejected the fact that some sectors in Venezuela are "celebrating" the occurrences in connection with ExxonMobil-Pdvsa dispute, but pointed to an advisor of the Solicitor General's Office as one of the major culprits for the legal dispute.

"I am deeply concerned that an irresponsible sector in this country is celebrating the incidents related to Exxon Mobil's lawsuit against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," he said.

In his view, this case began when the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) upheld a complaint against Venezuelan state-run Agriculture Development Bank (Bandagro) in connection with some promissory notes issued by the financial institution. According to García, the fact that the ICSID agreed to become an arbiter in this case runs counter the Venezuelan Constitution and the Vienna Convention.

"Responsibility partly lies with the sector in the country that initialed the operational agreements. However, it is also true that it was the Solicitor General's Office the body that agreed to the arbitration of the ICSID, with advisory provided by Hidelgar Rondón de Sanzón, who is the mother-in-law of (Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Petroleum and CEO of Pdvsa) Rafael Ramírez. According to notarized documents, she (Hildegar Rondón de Sanzón) is Pdvsa's legal representative in international cases."