Ex-Venezuelan oil minister asks U.S. court to set aside $1.4 billion judgment
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez asked a federal judge in Houston on Monday to set aside a $1.4 billion (£1.1 billion) default verdict against him in a fraud suit brought by a defunct Houston oil company, according to court documents.Ramirez, who was Venezuela's oil minister for 12 years and later served as its foreign minister and U.N. ambassador, said Harvest Natural Resources Inc and HNR Energia BV had failed to properly serve him notice of the lawsuit."Given..