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  "path": "/global/2026/04/21/venezuela-us-world-bank-imf/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:37:08.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
  "tags": [
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    "Nandita Lal"
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  "textContent": "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have announced they will continue dealing with Venezuela, following the kidnapping of President Nicholas Maduro and the first lady Cilia Flores in January this year. The United States stopped recognising Maduro as Venezuela’s “legitimate” president in January 2019 and spent years trying to pressure […]\n\nBy Nandita Lal",
  "title": "IMF and World Bank are unfazed by how the US treats Venezuela"
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