Former staff of state-run oil holding Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) will file a criminal complaint against the Venezuelan Government at the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR), Organization of American States (OAS).

Eddie Ramírez, on behalf of NGO Gente del Petróleo, and Antonio Méndez, in the name of the National Workers' Union of Oil, Petrochemical, Hydrocarbons and Related Sectors (Unapetrol), labeled as human rights abuse the attacks on former employees of the oil business.

The representatives promised to insist on their petitions at international organizations, as the appropriate courts have heard their claims.

In this regard, they plan to sue next year the Government of President Hugo Chávez.

In 2004, the International Labor Organization (ILO) found in a preliminary report that the protest headed by the ex employees from December 2002 to February 2003 was a general strike.

This finding fueled the allegations of Pdvsa ex workers at international organizations.