The figure corresponds to debt interest that was paid in both pesos and dollars. Of the total, some US$5,069 million were paid to the IMF and the rest to multilateral organizations and private debtors, according to the OPC.
During the current government, public debt interests for the equivalent of u$s25,051 million were canceled in pesos and foreign currencyof which 5,069 million were paid to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the rest to multilateral organizations and private debtors, according to data from the Congressional Budget Office (OPC).
In the first four-month period, interests for US$3,276 million were paidof which US$695 million corresponded to cancellations with the IMF and this year another US$2,160 million remain, a figure that could increase if the agency advances disbursements, according to the report.
In 2020 interest payments were US$8,043 millionof which US$1,994 million were paid to multilateral organizations and US$1,306 million corresponded to the IMF Stand By loan.
One year lateraccording to the OPC report, cancellations totaled US$6,103 millionof which US$1,969 million were paid to multilateral organizations and another US$1,347 million to the IMF.
While, last year US$7,629 million were paid and of that total, US$2,545 million corresponded to multilateral organizations and another US$1,721 went to the IMF.
Thus, between January 2020 and April 2023, interest disbursements totaled US$25,051 million, despite debt restructurings and swaps.
The OPC estimated that this year the interest account with the IMF would exceed US$2.8 billion, versus US$1.721 billion in 2022.
Source: Ambito
