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  • Exclusive : Venezuela plans to fly central bank gold reserves to UAE - source | Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-gold-exclusive-idUSKCN1PP2QR

    Venezuela will sell 15 tonnes of gold from central bank vaults to the United Arab Emirates in coming days in return for euros in cash, a senior official with knowledge of the plan said, as the crisis-stricken country seeks to stay solvent.

    The sale this year of gold reserves that back the bolivar currency began with a shipment on Jan. 26 of 3 tonnes, the official said, and follows the export last year of $900 million of mostly unrefined gold to Turkey.

    In total, the plan is to sell 29 tonnes of gold held in Caracas to the United Arab Emirates by February in order to provide liquidity for imports of basic goods, the source said, requesting anonymity in order to speak freely.

    Socialist President Nicolas Maduro is under intense pressure to step down, with Venezuela in deep economic crisis and the government facing widespread international condemnation for elections last year seen as fraudulent.

    The United States, which is backing an attempt by the opposition to oust Maduro and call new elections, warned bankers and traders on Wednesday not to deal in Venezuelan gold.

    Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio sent a tweet to the United Arab Emirates embassy in Washington on Thursday warning that anybody transporting Venezuelan gold would be subject to U.S. sanctions.

    Fin novembre 2018, les réserves d’or du Venezuela s’élevaient à 132 tonnes d’or répartis entre la Banque centrale du Venezuela et la Banque d’Angleterre.
    (cité par El Nacional)
    Reuters : BCV venderá 15 toneladas de oro a Emiratos Árabes
    http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/economia/reuters-bcv-vendera-toneladas-oro-emiratos-arabes_268963

    El Banco Central de Venezuela ya hizo un primer envío de unas tres toneladas a esa nación el 26 de enero

    • Bolton: ¿Maduro está robando recursos para pagar una intervención rusa?
      http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/bolton-maduro-esta-robando-recursos-para-pagar-una-intervencion-rusa_26

      John Bolton, consejero de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, insinuó este viernes que los recursos de oro que está entregando Nicolás Maduro serían para financiar una intervención rusa en el país.

      «Maduro no solo requiere apoyo paramilitar extranjero para mantener los hilos restantes de una dictadura fallida, pero los informes demuestran que está volando los activos venezolanos. ¿Está robando recursos de la gente para pagar la intervención rusa? », escribió Bolton vía Twitter.

      El Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) venderá en los próximos días 15 toneladas de oro a Emiratos Árabes a cambios de euros en efectivo. El informe indica que el plan es vender más de 29 toneladas de oro para febrero.

      Venezuela poseía reservas de hasta 132 toneladas del mineral entre las cámaras del BCV y el Banco de Inglaterra a fines de noviembre del pasado año.

      tweet de J. Bolton en réponse à la dépêche Reuters ci-dessus,…
      https://twitter.com/AmbJohnBolton/status/1091333152658915328
      @AmbJohnBolton

      Not only does Maduro require foreign paramilitary support to keep remaining threads of a failed dictatorship, but reports show he is flying out Venezuelan assets by the plane full. Is he stealing resources from the people to pay for Russian intervention?

  • #Abbas visits #Venezuela to seek observer status
    http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/abbas-visits-venezuela-seek-observer-status

    Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Venezuela on Thursday to seek backing from Caracas for observer status in three Latin American regional organizations. During his stay, which ends Saturday, Abbas will meet with socialist President Nicolas #maduro. He arrived around 0230 GMT at Maiquetia airport for his third visit to the oil-producing country in five years. Maduro’s government has faced three months of deadly street protests, which have claimed at least 42 lives since February, in what many observers agree have been driven by the United States in a coup attempt. read more

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