20 May 2020 (teleSUR)* — Venezuela’s Representative to the United Nations Samuel Moncada Tuesday [19 May 2020] announced that his country will sue the Bank of England for stealing 31 tons of gold that this financial institution had in its custody. This lawsuit will be brought before a British court.
Gold Bar Badge from Bank of England | Photo: Flickr
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This legal action happens after the British institution refused to comply with a request made by the Central Bank of Venezuela that asked it to sell a part of the Venezuelan ingots that it maintains in the vaults to deliver the resources to the United Nations Program for the Development (UNDP) and thus address the situation of the pandemic in the country.
The United Kingdom is one of the countries that joined the United States’ blockade against Venezuela, an action without foundation in international law that seeks to destabilize the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
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On May 3, the U.S.-based security company Silvercop introduced Colombian-trained mercenaries into Venezuelan territory.
Thanks to the population’s immediate response, however, the members of the so-called “Operation Gedeon”, which had the support of President Donald Trump’s administration, were detained by the Bolivarian Armed Forces.
Given the seriousness of this transnational terrorist operation, Russia requested the meeting of the UN Security Council.
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