(June 3, 2024, 11:04 AM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware federal judge on May 31 denied a motion by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, its state-owned oil company and affiliated entities to disqualify an appointed special master from supervising the planned auction of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company’s assets to enforce an estimated $24 billion in judgments reflecting confirmed arbitral award and bond disputes, writing that the Venezuela parties failed to establish improper advocacy by the special master....