CARACAS (Sputnik) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday his administration would seek to restructure the impoverished nation’s mounting external debt.
"As of today, I decree to refinance and restructure the foreign debt and all payments by Venezuela," Maduro said.
26 July 2017, 18:58 GMT
He added he would appoint a special presidential commission headed by Vice President Tareck El Aissami to carry out the procedure.
Venezuelan President announced state of economic emergency in the country on January 15, 2016. Since then,the emergency state has been prolonged eight times with the last prolongation in July 2017, which was approved against the background of the mass protests in Venezuela that started in early April, sparked by the decision of the country’s Supreme Court to curb the powers of the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
