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Give Venezuela back its gold
KEN LIVINGSTONE writes on new revelations about previously denied collusion between the Bank of England and the Tory government to steal Venezuela's gold in support of US-backed regime change
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The British government has always maintained that the Bank of England makes its own independent decisions about Venezuela’s gold deposits.
In March 2019, Robert Jenrick, then a Treasury minister, said: “Ultimately, the Bank is responsible for dealing with requests from its customers should they wish to repatriate their gold.”
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