Russia gave Venezuela another month to pay debt owed

At the end of January, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak, under the Maduro regime, would make two annual interest payments on the debt. So, Venezuela paid more than $ 100 million at the end of September and had to deposit a similar amount at the end of March. This last payment is the one that was not made.

Asked about the delay, the Russian Finance Minister, Antón Siluánov, revealed that the Putin government was willing to be patient.. "He still has not paid but There is a period during which you can do it without financial consequences, a month "explained to Sputnik.

In all, Venezuelan debt rises to $ 3 billion.

The military collaboration between Caracas and Moscow has been strengthened over the last two decades with the arrival in power of Hugo Chávez, Maduro's mentor, who died in 2013, with the purchase of Equipment and weapons.

After the beginning of the last political crisis in Venezuela, when, in January, the National Assembly appointed the opposition, Juan Guaidó, acting president, in defiance of the chauvinist Nicolás Maduro, the country has become the theater of a global geopolitical dispute between the United States and Russia, which supports different factions in the struggle for power.

Maduro believes that the Kremlin is the way to retain power, even at the cost of providing resources for his country so he hung on Russia dramatically. And Putin has not missed the opportunity to get up with more force in Latin America. But the bailout is not only economic, it is also military and political.

In fact, the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, revealed today that he is awaiting the arrival of more Russian servicemen in the country as part of the agreements already concluded between Caracas and Moscow. Gil said that the Russian forces already present in the country would remain as long as necessary and that there was no precise date for their return at the moment.

In this context, Donald Trump's government has condemned the Russian military presence in VenezuelaAfter the arrival of troops and military equipment in Caracas over the weekend, international tensions between Washington and Moscow worsened. "The (American) government condemns the continued use of foreign troops by Nicolás Maduro as part of his attempt to stay in power, including the introduction of Russian military personnel and equipment to Venezuela," said John Bolton. adviser to the national security of the White House, in a statement.