國際貨幣基金組織批評委內瑞拉

The International Monetary Fund censured Venezuela Wednesday for failing to hand over essential economic data to the fund.

"The (Executive) Board noted that adequate data provision was an essential first step to understanding Venezuela's economic crisis and identifying possible solutions," an IMF statement said.

The board is giving Venezuela another six months to comply or face possible expulsion from the IMF.

"The Fund stands ready to work constructively with Venezuela toward resolving its economic crisis when it is prepared to re-engage with the Fund."

Venezuela has not responded to the IMF's action. But President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government has long declined to provide data to the IMF. It regards the Fund as a U.S. tool and part of a Washington-inspired economic war against Venezuela.

Corruption and the collapse of world energy prices has led to an economic calamity in oil-rich Venezuela, including hyper-inflation and severe shortages of many basic goods.國際貨幣基金組織星期三批評委內瑞拉未將重要經濟數據交給國際貨幣基金組織。

該組織的一份聲明說：“（執行）董事會認爲，得到相關數據是瞭解委內瑞拉經濟危機和尋找可能的解決方案的第一個關鍵步驟。”

國際貨幣基金組織的執董會又給了委內瑞拉6個月的時間完成數據提交，如果還不能完成，委內瑞拉有可能被開除出國際貨幣基金組織。

國際貨幣基金組織的聲明說：“委內瑞拉如果願意重新開始與基金組織一道工作，基金組織願意與委內瑞拉進行建設性的合作，尋找化解其經濟危機的辦法。”

委內瑞拉對國際貨幣基金組織的舉措沒有做出迴應。不過，委內瑞拉總統馬杜羅的社會黨政府一直拒絕向國際貨幣基金組織提供經濟數據，認爲該組織是美國的一個工具，也是美國向委內瑞拉發起的經濟戰的組成部分。

腐敗以及世界能源價格下跌在石油蘊量豐富的委內瑞拉導致經濟災難，包括超高通脹以及很多基本物資的短缺。