U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says
CNBC·2026-03-25 16:20
Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.HOUSTON — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday that the U.S. recently brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela. Burgum visited Venezuela with oil and mining executives earlier this month to meet with interim President Delcy Rodriguez. "There hadn't been a shipment of precious metals between Venezuela and America in over 20 years," Burgum told energy executi ...