🇻🇪 BREAKING: Venezuela Shipped Massive Gold to Switzerland 🇨🇭✨

📊 Swiss customs data shows that Venezuela’s central bank shipped 113 metric tons of gold — worth about $5.2 billion — to Switzerland between 2013 and 2016 during Nicolás Maduro’s early years in power. The precious metal was likely sent to Switzerland for processing, certification, and onward sale through refineries there — Switzerland is one of the world’s largest gold hubs.

🔹 Why Switzerland?

Because it’s a global gold refining and trading center, so many countries send bullion there before it’s sold or redistributed.

📍 Export Timeline:

• From 2013-2016: 113 tons shipped

• 2017-2025: No recorded gold exports to Switzerland, likely due to EU sanctions that Switzerland adopted and Venezuela’s depleted reserves.

💰 Why It Matters:

Gold is normally part of national reserves, not liquidated in huge quantities just to raise cash. Pulling this much gold out during an economic crisis raises serious questions about transparency, reserve management, and how the proceeds were used amid hardship and sanctions.

🔥 This story connects to growing scrutiny of Venezuela’s financial decisions and the fate of its sovereign assets after years of economic strain.

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