As part of the beginning of the High Level Week of the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations, this Tuesday was held the first Meeting of Ministers of Finance of the UN regarding the Financing of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the era of COVID-19.
The Venezuelan delegation was led by the Minister of People’s Power for Economy and Finance, Simón Zerpa, who asserted that the global crisis unleashed by the current pandemic has had a more acute impact in the economic scope on the Latin American and Caribbean region.
«Projections of decline and recoveries are deeper and slower than in other regions, and this, added to the collapse of our main sources of income, generates significant pressure on our States and worsen the structural deformations resulting from the colonial past and the imposition of the neoliberal model» , stated the Venezuelan Minister.
In this context, he explained that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is subject to a more complex situation, because it has had to face the illegal application of unilateral coercive measures by the United States, which further deteriorates the economic condition of the country, in times of coronavirus.
Likewise, he denounced the financial and economic blockade, the theft of Venezuelan assets abroad, which represent the loss of more than 30 billion dollars; as well as the boycott for the monetization of the Venezuelan oil trade, and the destruction of payment channels in foreign currencies.
«Faced with the new stage of the imperialist siege, the Bolivarian Government has built innovative tools to protect the Venezuelan people, allowing us to impose an advanced structure to face the pandemic, which today is an example for the world», he assured.
Finally, Minister Zerpa thanked the international cooperation of brotherly countries and the main health organizations, such as WHO, PAHO and the Red Cross.
«This has also been possible due to international cooperation that has allowed us to face recent challenges, the exchange of protocols and provision of medical supplies».
