Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Venezuela is blaming Trump for missed debt payments


The country's government and its state-run oil company missed five small debt payments last week totaling $349 million, according to three experts who closely follow the debt. Delayed payments are becoming increasingly common for the country's bondholders. But a new excuse is surfacing: President Donald Trump and the financial sanctions his administration imposed on Venezuela in August. The government hasn't commented on why it didn't pay this time but in late September, Venezuela Vice President Tareck El Aissami -- who the Trump administration labeled a drug trafficker -- blamed Trump for a separate delayed payment. More…

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