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30 Sep 21
More than 75% of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty, fuelled by the nation’s economic crisis, a study has claimed.
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23 Apr 21
Opposition politicians in Venezuela will use $100m of money frozen in the United States to buy Covid-19 vaccines in the face of the country’s slow rollout of jabs.
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24 Sep 20
A fund to guarantee countries’ ability to access food and health products as they experience an economic blockade has been mooted by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
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3 Dec 19
Venezuela’s migration can potentially raise GDP growth in receiving countries, writes the IMF’s Emilio Fernandez Corugedo and Jaime Guajardo.
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11 Oct 19
Donald Trump’s pressure on Mexico to host asylum-seekers after his ‘expedited removal’ of 300,000 immigrants has dashed the country’s hopes of developing a progressive migration policy, writes Gavin...
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20 Feb 19
Brazil and the US will deliver humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border by the end of the week, a spokesperson from the Latin American country has said.
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15 Feb 19
The UK has donated £6.5m to deliver medicines and clean water to people affected by the crisis in Venezuela.
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8 Feb 19
The European Union will give an additional €5m in humanitarian aid to help vulnerable people in Venezuela as the country continues to suffer economic and political unrest.
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31 Jan 19
Venezuela’s beleaguered government is to freeze the accounts of a self-proclaimed “interim president” and investigate his alleged role in violent disturbances.
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29 Jan 19
Russia’s finance ministry has called upon Venezuela to make its next scheduled debt repayment to the country on time.
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26 Nov 18
Ecuador needs $550m to help people coming into the country as they flee Venezuela’s economic crisis, a government official has said.
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15 Oct 18
Venezuela’s agony illustrates that in Latin America there are two sides to every story, writes journalist Gavin O’Toole.
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7 Jun 18
The European Commission has announced £35.1m in emergency aid to help thousands of people affected by the severe economic crisis in Venezuela.
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21 Mar 18
The United States has banned any financial transactions involving Venezuela’s new Petro cryptocurrency.
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13 Mar 18
Venezuela’s cryptocurrency is pretty much made out of thin air and is a desperate measure made by a country suffering one of the worst economic crisis of modern times, says finance academic Daniele...
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21 Feb 18
Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency raised $735m in the first day of a pre-sale, president Nicolas Maduro said yesterday.
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17 Nov 17
Russia has agreed to a $3.15bn restructuring deal of Venezuela’s debt over a 10-year period, Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
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14 Nov 17
Venezuela has been declared in default after missing interest payments on its $60bn bond debt.
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3 Aug 17
Venezuela could pull itself out of its present economic catastrophe if it re-engaged with international financial institutions and restructured its debt, a paper published by the World Economic Forum...
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22 Jan 16
The International Monetary Fund has forecast negative growth in the Latin American economy for the second consecutive year, a dip of a duration not seen since the debt crisis of 1982-3.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America & Caribbeanyou might have missed.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America and the Caribbean you might have missed.
30 Sep 21More than 75% of Venezuelans now live in extreme poverty, fuelled by the nation’s economic crisis, a study has claimed.
24 Sep 20A fund to guarantee countries’ ability to access food and health products as they experience an economic blockade has been mooted by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
3 Dec 19Venezuela’s migration can potentially raise GDP growth in receiving countries, writes the IMF’s Emilio Fernandez Corugedo and Jaime Guajardo.
11 Oct 19Donald Trump’s pressure on Mexico to host asylum-seekers after his ‘expedited removal’ of 300,000 immigrants has dashed the country’s hopes of developing a progressive migration policy, writes Gavin...
20 Feb 19Brazil and the US will deliver humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border by the end of the week, a spokesperson from the Latin American country has said.
26 Nov 18Ecuador needs $550m to help people coming into the country as they flee Venezuela’s economic crisis, a government official has said.
21 Mar 18The United States has banned any financial transactions involving Venezuela’s new Petro cryptocurrency.
17 Nov 17Russia has agreed to a $3.15bn restructuring deal of Venezuela’s debt over a 10-year period, Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
22 Jan 16The International Monetary Fund has forecast negative growth in the Latin American economy for the second consecutive year, a dip of a duration not seen since the debt crisis of 1982-3.
20 May 15A round-up of recent public finance stories from Latin America & Caribbeanyou might have missed.
