PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Camilo Alvarez AU - Daniel A. Dias AU - Mark L. J. Wright TI - Restructuring Venezuela’s Debt: <em>Lessons from the Past and Implications for the Future</em> AID - 10.3905/joi.2018.27.3.074 DP - 2018 Aug 31 TA - The Journal of Investing PG - 74--79 VI - 27 IP - 3 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/27/3/74.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/27/3/74.full AB - Venezuela’s incipient sovereign debt restructuring is likely to be difficult for a number of legal and diplomatic reasons. This article discusses three additional economic issues that will influence the success of any restructuring operation. First, we show that Venezuela’s total debt liabilities are not transparent and present evidence suggesting that available measures may be misleading as an indicator of the total debt-servicing cost. Second, we calculate that there are significant gains to re-profiling Venezuela’s debt and note that it is feasible for these gains to be realized if official debts are restructured in accordance with past practices. Third, we review data on Venezuela’s oil wealth and argue that it could be either a help or a hindrance to a successful debt restructuring.TOPICS: Fixed income and structured finance, emerging, financial crises and financial market history