Venezuela gold: 20 tons of GOLD BARS 'shipped out' of Venezuela on Boeing 777

Venezuela gold: 20 tons of GOLD BARS ‘shipped out’ of Venezuela on Boeing 777
VENEZUELA is preparing to ship a gigantic amount of gold from the country, according to recent reports from a former Venezuelan economist. No one knows where the shipment is going, however.
Venezuela is still in the grips of a political uprising, as opposition leader Juan Guaido has claimed power from incumbent Nicolas Maduro backed by a number of countries and international organisations. The Venezuelan economy was a core motivator for the power struggle, as the country’s currency the Bolivar is in record hyperinflation. Jose Guerra, a former economist and current lawmaker, said a Russian Boeing 777 which landed in the country was there to carter off 20 tonnes of gold. This is 20 percent of Venezuela’s metal holdings, and Guerra has provided no evidence of how he knew this.
While Guerra’s information could be easily dismissed as an attempt to draw attention to the country’s plight, he does have some authority as an economist.

His claims have been confirmed by someone with direct knowledge of the matter, who informed Bloomberg news of the move.
The gold is worth $840 million, according to the insider.

Guerra later tweeted: “I want to make explicit that the BCV (Central Bank of Venezuela) is empowered to do operations with gold: Sell, pledge or swap.

“But the country has a right to know what type of transaction it is to assess whether it is suitable for the country.”

The jet – owned by Russian airline Nordwind – landed near the Venezuelan capital Caracas, at the city’s international airport.

The flight had come straight from Moscow, the first time this trip was ever made by the jet, and parked in a private section of the site.

Adding to the unusual nature of the visit, Nordwind does not offer flights directly from Moscow to Caracas, and the had previously made trips in between Russia and South East Asia.

Despite having space for over 400 people, the plane had touched down with only two crews and no further passengers.
A Nordwind spokesman has so far declined to comment about the nature of the flight.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a message they held no information about the plane in question.

Venezuela’s Finance Minister Simon Zerpa has also decided to decline on the nation’s gold, denying the plane was ever at the Simon Bolivar International Airport.

He said: “I’m going to start bringing Russian and Turkish aeroplanes every week so everybody gets scared.”