UPDATE 1-Venezuelan oil company PDVSA blasts 'financial blockade'
August 18, 2017 at 15:26 PM EDT
CARACAS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A U.S.-led "blockade" has hurt Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's capacity to undertake routine financial transactions, and forced it to rely on political allies like China and Russia, the company's president said on Friday.
