Your $1.7 billion of gold is now ours, UK tells starving Venezuelans

In Gaza

Dec 26, 2021, RT.com

In its prolonged freezing of Venezuelan assets, the UK continues to withhold 31 tons of its gold stored at the Bank of England, with a new Supreme Court ruling supporting the seizure.

5/ Ultimately the UK Supreme Court has legitimised a modern expression of piracy using 19th century legal doctrines.

Any foreign state which cuts off diplomatic relations with the UK would now be wise to also withdraw its foreign reserves.

— John McEvoy (@jmcevoy_2) December 20, 2021

The recent decision, CNN reported, “ruled that recognition of heads of state and government was solely the responsibility of the British government, which had recognized [opposition leader Juan] Guaidó as Venezuela’s Constitutional interim President.”

Like most duplicitous corporate media, CNN pushed the narrative that Nicolas Maduro isn’t actually Venezuela’s elected president (he “claimed” the “widely disputed” election). But, as I wrote in March, he is president, and

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