Economics
Maduro Is Using Queen Elizabeth's Letters in Fight Over Venezuelan Gold
- Venezuela central bank weighs strategy after court defeat
- Queen Elizabeth II sent Maduro diplomatic correspondence
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Venezuela’s government has produced letters apparently signed by Queen Elizabeth II to bolster its claim to more than $1 billion of gold stored in the Bank of England.
The diplomatic correspondence is evidence that the UK recognized Nicolas Maduro as Venezuela’s president, said Calixto Ortega, the head of Venezuela’s central bank.