Surrounded by sanctions, Maduro's regime sells 15 tons of gold to the UAE

The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) is expected to sell some 15 tonnes of gold from its reserves to the United Arab Emirates, and in exchange it will receive cash in euros to finance its imports.said a senior government official knowing the movements.

This year, The issuing institute has already made a first shipment of about three tons of gold on a charter flight to that country on January 26th.said the official source.

Without oil money, there is no money to finance all the monstrous bureaucratic apparatus of the government, Chavist missions and subsidized food. .. And that is why you have to sell gold.

According to this scenario, a few days ago, according to the information we have, up to 20 tons of Venezuelan gold would have been transported to Russia by a mysterious pbadenger plane, according to the agency. Reuters. The unusual arrival of a Boeing 777 from the Russian airline Nordwind in Caracas caused rumors on social networks on Wednesday after the Kremlin promised to support its ally, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in the face of an effort supported by the United States. recognize the acting president appointed by the National Assembly of the opposition, Juan Guaidó.