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The LatAm View returns with day two of our coverage from the 2026 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand.
Venezuela made history in Bangkok, sending its first delegation to an IMF meeting in two decades as it seeks to restructure an estimated $200 billion-plus in debt and rejoin the global financial system. Elsewhere, the fallout from the Iran war and rising global rates that dominated the opening day stayed front and center. The IMF took aim at fuel subsidies as Brazil scrapped its gasoline tax ahead of its runoff, Argentina pressed the World Bank for more funding as a bond market return grows costlier, and climate-vulnerable nations from Barbados to Belize moved to build a safety net of their own.
Backed by US, Venezuela seeks return to global financial fold
As the US helps reshape Venezuelan government policy, major question marks hang over the restructuring of the country’s estimated $200 bln-plus debt and economic stabilization
Argentina holds fresh financing talks as rates climb
The country is looking to expand its funding from the World Bank, as rising global rates complicate a potential return to the bond market
IMF slams fuel subsidies, as Brazil cuts gasoline tax ahead of vote
Subsidies are fiscally “very costly” and distort markets, says senior IMF official, as Brazil rolls out new measures
Belize explores funding for marine projects: PM
The country is in talks to raise fresh financing for marine conservation projects at the heart of its 2021 nature swap, says prime minister
Vulnerable nations add to climate financial architecture
A fund to provide liquidity to member nations facing balance of payments crises from climate shocks will be ready in April 2027
