Triipe
All Star
The finance minister was speaking in Beijing ahead of a state visit by Maduro, who’s seeking greater Chinese support to weather a financial crisis that has led to unrest, assassination attempts and the collapse of the country’s currency. Maduro has halted most payments on Venezuela’s foreign debt and owes more than $6 billion to bondholders, cutting off most sources of new financing.(aka no one will lend this country money because they don't pay their debts)
Key Lender
China has been a key lender to Venezuela since 2008, when it first provided funds for infrastructure and oil projects in the country. Although there’s little public data, China has lent an estimated $70 billion in several installments, most to be paid back in oil, according to Asdrubal Oliveros, director of Ecoanalitica, a consulting firm in Caracas
How long will the american gov't allow this level of overt Chinese influence in the Americas?
I'm not saying bomb the place, like that narc neo-con Bolton wants to do. but it's wild to find out how deliberately China is moving in its goal of undermining the United States