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"[Maurer] informed us that there had been improper handling of the republic's accounts, with attempts to make illegal payments, and we are trying to freeze all those accounts belonging to the republic," Guaido said as broadcast by Mexico's Televisa TV channel.
Guaido has not provided any details regarding the assets' freeze.
The situation in crisis-torn Venezuela escalated on January 23 when the opposition leader Guaido declared himself interim president, disputing last year's reelection of President Nicolas Maduro.
Guaido was almost immediately recognised by the United States and a number if regional and European countries. In addition, Washington has imposed numerous rounds of sanctions on Caracas, also seizing assets of the Latin American state.
Guaido has not provided any details regarding the assets' freeze.
Can one imagine if this actually became a reality (which I don't believe it, I think Guaido is telling porkies, for the benefit of his followers).
Every self declared ruler of whatever country could go knocking on the door of Swiss banks and declare the assets of whatever country be frozen, of course to be released to the self declared ruler when convenient, for him/her to claim it.
Some people just like living in a fantasy world I guess, egged on by pathological minders. Does the US have that much influence over assets held in Swiss Banks? If they do, then the Swiss banking system would lose all credibility IMO, but then again how would a pleb like me know about such things. That knowledge is only available to a select few, and I am not in the club.