LatinNews Daily Briefing - 19 August 2011

Development: On 18 August President Hugo Chávez signed an order to physically repatriate Venezuela’s overseas gold reserves of about 211 tonnes, worth some US$12.3bn, to the central bank in Caracas.  He has also ordered the transfer of some US$6bn in foreign exchange reserves out of US and European banks.

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