Venezuela leadership issue still blocking IMF, World Bank aid


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Apr 2019

FILE PHOTO: Maria Guitia washes her son Yeibe Medina at home near San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund and World Bank shareholders are still undecided on whether to recognise Venezuelan opposition chief Juan Guaido as the country's leader, the institutions said on Thursday.

The heads of the IMF and World Bank both said they are preparing to move quickly to help ease Venezuela's worsening humanitarian crisis, but the leadership question is standing in the way.

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