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Jesús Maturana

Venezuela seeks return of 31 tonnes of gold worth €4bn from Bank of England

The government led by Delcy Rodríguez and sectors of the Venezuelan opposition have reached a rare consensus: to work together to recover the 31 tonnes of gold that Venezuela has kept in the vaults of the Bank of England for almost eight years.

The United Kingdom stopped recognising the Venezuelan government in 2018, which in practice blocked access to those assets, now tied up in a legal dispute that has yet to be resolved.

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