Venezuela China Latin America
FILE – In this March 30, 2020 file photo, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, wearing protective gloves as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, holds a Venezuelan and Chinese flag as medical specialists and supplies arrive from China at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in La Guaira, Venezuela. While the pandemic has opened the door to much-welcomed Chinese aid in Latin America and Caribbean, it’s also made it harder for governments to pay their bills to Beijing, due to a deep recession last year wiped out nearly a decade’s worth of growth, according to International Monetary Fund data. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)