Bank of England Rejected Maduro’s Request to Withdraw Venezuelan Gold
- If gold is such a ‘barbarous relic’ why are central banks storing it? Why is the BOE refusing to return it to Venezuela?
– - RT America Published on Jan 28, 2019
The Bank of England blocked Venezuela’s attempts to retrieve $1.2 billion worth of gold stored as the nation’s foreign reserves in Britain. The self-declared and US-backed ‘president’ Juan Guaido, to supports the alleged move. Meanwhile, the US has announced sanctions against Venezuela’s largest oil company, PDVSA. RT America’s Sara Montes de Oca has the details. Then investigative journalist Ben Swann joins Scottie Nell Hughes to discuss, arguing that the US is trying to sway Venezuela’s military away from Nicolas Maduro by cutting his government off from the ability to pay them. He also decries the US’s ‘terrible track record’ of overthrowing governments and leaving nothing workable in their place.
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