Delcy Rodriguez transfers 31 tonnes of Venezuelan gold worth €4bn stolen by the Bank of England in 2018 to the US treasury

The government led by Delcy Rodríguez and sectors of the Venezuelan opposition have reached a rare consensus: to work together to recover the 31 tonnes of gold that Venezuela has kept in the vaults of the Bank of England for almost eight years.

The United Kingdom stopped recognising the Venezuelan government in 2018, which in practice blocked access to those assets, now tied up in a legal dispute that has yet to be resolved.

The funds would be deposited in accounts of the US Treasury Department and subjected to audits by international firms as a condition for their disbursement.