LONDON (Reuters) - The British government sought to quash a bid by the Nicolas Maduro-backed Venezuelan central bank on Monday to repatriate nearly $1 billion of its gold stored in London, with an unequivocal statement that it backed opposition figure Juan Guaido instead.
Legal teams representing the Maduro and Guaido sides were at the UK Supreme Court in the latest round of a long-running tug-of-war over who should control what amounts to roughly 15% of Venezuela's foreign currency reserves.
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