Venezuela Creditors Warm to Idea of Opposition Win, Machado Says

  • Debtholders see ‘change is possible,’ opposition leader says
  • Bond prices imply 36% odds of political transition: Barclays

Maria Corina Machado

Photographer: Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg
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Some of Venezuela’s debtholders who favored a restructuring under President Nicolás Maduro are shifting their thinking as odds of an opposition victory increase, said María Corina Machado, who leads the campaign to unseat the regime.

“There are some creditors who are starting to change their mind,” Machado said in an interview at her party headquarters in eastern Caracas, declining to give further details. “It’s becoming more clear that change is possible.”