Report: Venezuela is Using Gold to Buy Oil from Iran
May 3, 2020
The outlet reported that “government officials piled some 9 tons of gold—an amount equal to about $500 million—on Tehran-bound jets this month as payment for Iran’s assistance in reviving Venezuela’s crippled gasoline refineries, the people said. The shipments, which resulted in a sudden drop in Venezuela’s published foreign reserve figures, leave the crisis-ravaged country with just $6.3 billion in hard-currency assets, the lowest amount in three decades.”
The Latin American country holds some 70 tons of gold in its vaults, according to Bloomberg.
Mahan Air, which is sanctioned by numerous countries, including the United States, “has flown more than half a dozen jets to the South American nation in the past week alone. Most delivered gasoline additives, parts and technicians to help repair a key refinery along Venezuela’s northwestern coast,” reported Bloomberg. “Mahan has sent other planes to the international airport outside of Caracas, where they are loaded with the gold bars to take back to Tehran, said the people, who asked not to be named because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly about the transactions.”
Tehran and Caracas have been working together in attempting to evade U.S. sanctions against both countries.
This gold-for-oil exchange exemplifies a bigger issue posed by Iran, according to Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
He wrote in The Dispatch that Venezuela’s “geographic location makes it easier to transfer goods procured on Latin American markets to Iran by plane. Iran can rely on vast networks in Latin America, many of which are linked to local Hezbollah financiers. Over the years, these networks have become involved in numerous illicit activities, including money laundering for drug cartels and gun-running.
“The individuals comprising these networks are usually Lebanese or Iranian nationals holding a local passport from the Latin American country where they reside. Their companies are locally registered and not subject to any sanctions regime. They have no difficulty buying directly from the U.S., including, potentially, dual-use technology—such as commercial drones, some of whose components could be repurposed for military projects. A direct flight from Caracas would help deliver these goods to Iran.”
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/149574/report-venezuela-is-using-gold-to-buy-oil-from-iran/
川普又制裁黃金交易！委內瑞拉宣布！多條路繞開美元和美國！
2018-11-03
川普加大對委內瑞拉的制裁
如我們此前多次提及的那樣，華盛頓指責委內瑞拉侵犯人 權和破壞民 主。而且美國公民目前被禁止從委內瑞拉及其國有企業購買新發行的債券。
不過，美國仍是委內瑞拉最大的石油進口國，這也是美國一直不願對該國的石油業實施任何直接懲罰的原因之一。
不過就在本周，美國總統川普再次簽署總統令，針對委內瑞拉的黃金交易進行制裁。
據悉，此次川普簽署的總統令為2015年3月的第13692號令，針對的是委內瑞拉和土耳其之間的黃金交易。
據美國國家安全顧問博爾頓(John Bolton)對國會的發言稿中稱，「新的制裁將針對腐 敗的委內瑞拉經濟領域內的團伙行為，使其無法盜取財富。並且制裁將能夠阻止美國的人員參與委內瑞拉腐 敗和欺騙的黃金交易。」
目前具體的制裁形式還不得而知，未來美國財 政部將公布具體細節。
委內瑞拉將通過石油易貨貿易應對美國！
對此，委內瑞拉制定了特別機制，允許該國繼續與外國夥伴進行貿易，儘管美國實施了現有的和迫在眉睫的懲罰措施。
委內瑞拉聯合社會黨(PSUV)負責經濟事務的副總統熱蘇斯·法里亞(Jeses Faria)表示，加拉加斯計劃將該國的原油換成進口產品。
「石油是我們參與國際貿易的關鍵資源。毫無疑問，我們正試圖利用它來抵禦外部壓力，「法里亞在接受俄羅斯通訊社採訪時說，「我們已經制定了一些機制，計劃用我們的原油交換產品。不過，我們並不認為這個機制是唯一的出路。
如上，委內瑞拉目前已經開始尋求多條路來繞開美元和美國的制裁！
根據委內瑞拉上述副總統的說法，首個由國家資助的石油支持的加密貨幣——石油幣的推出，將有助於委內瑞拉政府應對嚴峻的經濟形勢。
「此外，我們還批准了一項立法法案，旨在國際商業和交易中拒絕美元，」法里亞進一步解釋說。
不過，據國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)稱，委內瑞拉目前正在經歷史上最嚴重的經濟危機之一，到今年年底，惡性通脹將達到1，000，000%。
此外，據外媒報導，數千人正在向附近國家逃離貧困。當然，這主要是因為最近幾年來，委內瑞拉受到美國多項制裁，打擊了該國的財政和債券發行，以及國有石油公司—PDVSA。
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