"Halfway there boys!"
Posted on 02/28/2019 1:39:34 PM PST by detective
At least 8 tons of gold were removed from the Venezuelan central bank's vaults last week, an opposition legislator and three government sources told Reuters, in the latest sign of President Nicolas Maduro's desperation to raise hard currency amid tightening sanctions.
The gold was removed in government vehicles between Wednesday and Friday last week when there were no regular security guards present at the bank, Legislator Angel Alvarado and the three government sources said.
"They plan to sell it abroad illegally," Alvarado said in an interview.
The central bank did not respond to requests for comment.
Alvarado and the government sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not say where the central bank was sending the gold. They said the operation took place while central bank head Calixto Ortega was abroad on a trip.
In 2018, 23 tons of mined gold were transported from Venezuela to Istanbul by plane, according to sources and Turkish government data.
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They’d rip Maduro apart if he dared to come to Florida. The state is full of Venezuelans who were lucky enough to be able to flee.
And our great new Governor DeSantis would probably be leading the charge!
(Btw, I’m looking forward to saying President DeSantis one of these years.)
;)
Old saying about "The Golden Rule" He who has the gold, rules!
Yes, they will sell it to help “the currency crisis.”
Maduro’s currency crisis perhaps. But not Venezuela’s.
I did the math because that seemed light. Maybe he is paying the left fielder for some MLB team.
I’ve read that plenty of Chavez’s buddy boys are living in splendor in Florida.
Washington DC sounds about right. Look for him to be condo-shopping in Georgetown.
Doesn’t Venezuela have around 31 tons of gold in the Bank ice England’s vaults.
Anyone seen that lately?
Wake up. One of them was living a billionaire’s lifestyle in Florida before being caught. You think bad guys never end up living the high life in America? Ha!
How long do you think it will feed, cloth, arm his military and police, keep his generals fat and happy? Maybe a couple months? And surely he wants a generous cut for himself and his family.
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Unless we invade with the airborne Rangers and kill Maduro and those that enable him, he will be leader of Venezuela a long long time, just like Castro. He who has the guns, rules. all this cia sponsored food for peace crap never works against communists. Silly.
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R-I-G-H-T. ‘Cuz THAT will change the voting habits of the citizenry vs. *FREE*. Worked so well in the M.E. *rolls eyes*
I don’t see a lot of clamoring for Freedom nor Liberty; if the people were fed, they’d be grumbling, but would still love in the same.
Let ‘em “enjoy” what they have voted for and when (*big* IF) they change their tune, re-evaluate the options
Spain, most likely.
He won’t be there. He will be on a beach in Cuba.
If he is any kind of dictator, he has a few billion stashed around the world.
"Halfway there boys!"
You’re an assp-hole.
In this article it mentions 8 tons now, and 31 tons previously.
There’s your 31 million tons.
I don’t know what their reserves were before this.
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