The IMF will prepare for the collapse of Maduro due to lack of liquidity

The International Monetary Fund hopes that the Government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela to collapse soon, as a result of the sanctions imposed by the US and its exclusion from global oil marketsaccording to a person familiar with the subject.

Dynamics towards a low transition Juan GuaidóThe president of the Venezuelan National Assembly supported by the United States should accelerate the pace of its operations, because Venezuelan liquidity is decreasing because India is its only oil buyer, said the official who requested the # 39; anonymity.

The power of permanence and the interests of The Venezuelan army, which supports the Maduro government, remains a barrier for the change, said the official.

USA and several dozen of its allies have recognized Guaidó, interim president of Venezuela, who challenged Maduro's administration. The Trump administration plans to prevent foreign entities from dealing with the state's giant Petróleos de Venezuela SA as part of a next step to drown the power of Maduro.

Citgo, the PDVSA treasure for which Guaidó and Maduro fight

PostMaduro help program

The IMF is already preparing quietly to help with mbadive financial help this will be necessary to allow the country to recover after the end of the Maduro regime, added the official.

The Venezuelan central bank, which had not released data since 2016 and had felt pressure from abroad, sent the IMF key economic data in November in the hope of boosting the economy. avoid sanctions such as loss of voting rights or possible expulsion from the bank. Venezuela has used special rights to increase its international reserves in the past.

Sanctions could further reduce imports and deepen the suffering of the population, which is already facing a severe shortage of needs such as antibiotics, first aid supplies and infant formula. The difficult times and the crackdown on dissent pushed nearly 3 million Venezuelans to flee the country. In 2017, an aid agency reported that more than 11% of children under 5 were moderately to severely malnourished.

Maduro's election for a second six-year term was tainted by the imprisonment and disqualification of opposition politicians, the coercion exercised by state agents to vote and vote. fraud. The result was described as illegitimate by the United States, the European Union and the Lima Group of 14 nations, which had been created to help restore democracy in Venezuela.