FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido addresses the media, in Caracas, Venezuela April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government reiterated on Monday that it recognises opposition figure Juan Guaido as Venezuela's president, a move aimed at quashing a bid by the Nicolas Maduro-backed Venezuelan central bank to repatriate nearly $1 billion of its gold stored in London.
Legal teams representing Maduro and Guaido will be at the UK Supreme Court on Monday in the latest stage of a long-running tug-of-war over what amounts to about 15% of Venezuela’s foreign currency reserves.
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