The Venezuelan government has taken legal action to recover its assets stranded abroad

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced the start of legal action to recover the country's foreign badets to force the country's president to step down, Nicolás Maduro.

"In the case of Europe, where the Venezuelan accounts have been frozen, we have already taken legal action, hired lawyers to defend our interests and more specifically on the issue of sequestered gold. to the Bank of England, "he said. secure in an interview with the RT channel.

Rodriguez also noted that the Venezuelan government can not sue in the United States, whose authorities have accused "of breaking all the rules of international investment". "They do not even allow us to exercise the right to defend ourselves," he said.

On Friday, the top diplomat said at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the office of the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA in Lisbon will set up in Moscow, among other reasons, so that Europe can not guarantee the integrity of Venezuela's property

The Russian government has expressed its support for President Maduro in the context of the political crisis that is shaking the country and intensified on January 23 with the decision of opposition leader Juan Guaidó to proclaim himself "president." in charge".

The Guaidó movement has been recognized by the United States, Canada, most countries of Latin America and many European countries, including Spain. Mexico, Uruguay and the EU, meanwhile, have chosen to reactivate communication between the parties.

Guaidó promised to hold presidential elections, citing that those of May 20, on which Maduro founded his second term, which began on January 10, did not meet democratic standards, a principle shared by the majority of the international community.