Venezuela brings home her gold

[Frederick]

http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=448016&CategoryId=10718    

Nice to see some countries have such a lot to bring home ... The Gold Gordon Brown sold at between $256 and $296 an ounce bringing in £2 billion today would be worth £13 billion .

[NormanH]

Pity that we can't get back  North Sea oil, utilities companies, and airports.

Revenues  promptly swiped by Thatcher and her cronies, who claimed the credit for themselves while they emptied the till.

[Chancer]

Chavez's quote was interesting!

President Hugo Chavez announced in August that Venezuela would remove its international gold reserves from the United States and Europe and place them in countries with “solid” economies like China, Russia and Brazil.

“It’s a healthy move for the country to bring that gold ... actually I think we’ve waited a long time; the economies of Europe and the United States are sinking and now it’s evident how solid the Chinese, the Russian and other countries’ (economies) are ... Brazil,” the socialist president, who has long been at loggerheads with the United States, said then.

I can tell you one thing Norman, if you think there is an unfair gap between the rich and the poor in the UK you should go to Venezuela, especially Caracas, after experiencing countries like that and now living very well on less than half of what is considered to be the seuil de pauvreté I view so called poverty in Europe with a somewhat cynical view.