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U.K. Leaves Fate of Venezuela's Gold Up to the Bank of England
By Stuart Biggs and Jess Shankleman
Bloomberg News
Monday, January 28, 2019
The U.K. government said it is up to the Bank of England to decide what to do with the "significant amount" of gold it is holding under contract for the embattled Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro.
"This is a decision for the Bank of England, not for government," Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan told Parliament today during an urgent question on Venezuela. "It is they who have to make a decision on this, but no doubt they will take into account when they do so, that a large number of countries across the world are now questioning the legitimacy of Nicolas Maduro."
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The Bank of England holds about $1.2 billion worth of gold for Venezuela, a significant chunk of the $8 billion in foreign reserves held by the nation's central bank. That's put the British regulator at the center of the growing international opposition to Maduro’s government. U.S. officials are trying to steer Venezuela’s assets to National Assembly leader Juan Guaido to bolster his chances of taking power.
Retrieving the gold from the BOE has been a major priority for the Maduro regime for weeks. ...
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-28/u-k-leaves-fate-of-ve...
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