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IMF Mission Arrives In
Honduras To Evaluate Finances
TEGUCIGALPA - A technical team from the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in
Honduras on Monday on a mission to evaluate
the country's public finances and financial
plans after the new government took office
in January.
The IMF team will stay in Honduras till
March 25 and will meet Finance Ministry and
Central Bank officials, as well as senior
government leaders and business leaders.
Honduran Finance Minister William Chong Wong
told local media on Monday that the IMF
team's visit "is normal, because they arrive
in the country every year, but the meeting
had been interrupted for the political event
of June 28 of last year," referring to the
army-backed coup.
"They come to review where we are, to make a
diagnosis ... to put the finances in order,"
Chong said.
Honduras saw some 450 million U.S. dollars
in international aid frozen due to the coup
as the European Union, the World Bank and
Inter-American Development Band all halted
funding. However, the World Bank resumed aid
to Honduras in February after President
Porfirio Lobo's inauguration. |
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