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🔍 Venezuelan delegation to travel to Washington for IMF meetings, while World Bank delegation prepares visit to Caracas
The interim president of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), Luis Pérez, told Reuters that a Venezuelan delegation will travel to Washington at the end of the month to meet with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part of a broader effort to restore ties with international financial institutions.
Pérez said this engagement marks a new phase in Venezuela’s financial reintegration process and stressed that relations with the IMF “should never have been broken.” He added that the restructuring of Venezuela’s sovereign debt and that of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) will be key to bringing the country “out of the shadows” of the global financial system.
The central bank chief also projected that, under conditions of greater financial normalization and renewed access to external funding, Venezuela’s economy could grow by around 8% by the end of 2026.
🇻🇪 World Bank delegation to visit Caracas
In parallel, Bloomberg reported that a delegation from the World Bank is preparing to visit Caracas to hold meetings with Venezuela’s economic authorities, in what would be the first high-level in-person engagement since the formal restoration of relations last month.
According to the report, the mission will be led by Susana Cordeiro Guerra, Vice President of the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean. The institution confirmed that officials will travel to Venezuela following a request for comment from Bloomberg News, marking an initial step toward renewed direct dialogue after years of suspended engagement.
Taken together, both developments — Venezuela’s upcoming talks with the IMF in Washington and the World Bank’s planned visit to Caracas — signal a gradual reactivation of the country’s relationship with key multilateral financial institutions, alongside ongoing discussions on debt restructuring and economic reintegration into global markets.
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