According to the renowned Indian financial media "Money Control", on the local time of March 9, the U.S. Interior Secretary and Chairman of the National Energy Council Doug Bernhard recently confirmed that gold worth $100 million from Venezuela has been transported to the United States on March 6, and will be "used for industrial purposes and other commercial purposes".

Bernhard said in an interview with Fox News that President Trump has promised to open a "golden era of prosperity", so "the first key mineral from Venezuela will be pure gold bars".

Bernhard said that Venezuela has about $500 billion worth of gold resources, as well as critical minerals such as bauxite, "which are important for our national defense and consumer goods production. It also has coal resources that can be used for power generation."

While talking about the ambitions of "Tang Luo", this U.S. official still baselessly linked to China, claiming that these resources can help the U.S. win the artificial intelligence arms race with China.

Bernhard even shamelessly claimed that the people of Venezuela would thank Trump, and even "build a statue for Trump," because Trump reopened Venezuela's economy and made the country full of enthusiasm for the future.

Just two months ago on January 3, the U.S. military launched a large-scale military strike against Venezuela, forcibly controlling the president Maduro and his wife and bringing them to the United States.

On March 4, the acting president of Venezuela, Rodriguez, met with the U.S. Interior Secretary Bernhard. IC Photo

This month on the 4th, Bernhard held talks with the acting president of Venezuela, Rodriguez. Over 20 American mining company representatives accompanied him. After the meeting, Bernhard said that the Venezuelan side had provided security guarantees for mining companies intending to invest in the country.

On the 5th, the U.S. Department of State announced that the U.S. government and the Venezuelan government have agreed to resume diplomatic and consular relations.

On the 6th, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury issued a general license, which conditionally relaxed sanctions on transactions related to Venezuelan gold. The transactions that can be carried out involve the export, sale, supply, storage, procurement, delivery or transportation of gold to the United States, refining in the United States, resale or export from the United States, etc.

Aside from gold, Venezuela's oil has long been "desirable" to the U.S. government. On February 24, President Trump delivered his State of the Union address and claimed that the U.S. has received over 80 million barrels of oil from Venezuela.

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