Thursday, September 20, 2018

Venezuela overstates size of Beijing deal


The $5bn line of credit announced by Maduro and his economy and finance minister Simon Zerpa last week was originally negotiated in 2014, the palace official said, but was never disbursed by China Development Bank (CDB) because of Chinese concerns over how the funds would be spent by Caracas. "Maduro has announced several times since 2014 that his government had obtained firm guarantees from CDB of a new $5bn loan or line of credit," the official said, but it's always been the same loan. More…

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