由曼努埃拉·托比亚斯、若尔热利娜·多·罗萨里奥和塞尔吉奥·门多萨报道 玻利维亚正在监测全球信贷市场，以寻找以更具吸引力的借贷成本发行债务的机会，财政部长克里斯蒂安·安德烈斯·莫拉莱斯表示。
By Manuela Tobias, Jorgelina do Rosario and Sergio Mendoza Bolivia is monitoring global credit markets for an opportunity to issue debt at more attractive borrowing costs, Finance Minister Christian Andrés Morales said.
“我们正在做好准备，以便如果找到机会之窗，就能抓住它，”莫拉莱斯在曼谷世界银行和国际货币基金组织年会边举行的一次采访中表示。他没有详细说明政府可能寻求筹集多少资金，或认为什么利率是可以接受的。
“We are getting ready so that if we find a window of opportunity, we can take it,” Morales said in an interview on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Bangkok. He didn’t elaborate on how much the government might seek to raise, or what rates it would consider acceptable.
这个安第斯国家在缺席四年后于5月重返国际债务市场，利用改善的条件筹集新的融资。尽管如此，莫拉莱斯表示，借贷成本仍然过高，不适合再次发行，因为玻利维亚此前的交易支付了9.75%的收益率。“计划是下半年进入市场，但国际利率条件对我们不利，”他说。
The Andean nation returned to international debt markets in May after a four-year absence, taking advantage of improving conditions to raise fresh financing. Still, Morales said borrowing costs remain too high for another sale after Bolivia paid a 9.75% yield on the earlier deal. “The plan was to tap markets in the second half of the year, but international interest-rate conditions worked against us,” he said.
财政部正在更新潜在交易所需的信息，并继续与管理之前发行的德意志银行和桑坦德银行合作，莫拉莱斯表示。
The Finance Ministry is updating the information needed for a potential transaction and continues to work with Deutsche Bank and Santander, the banks that managed the previous issuance, Morales said.
根据莫拉莱斯的说法，该国还在考虑一项涉及国有养老基金管理机构Gestora Pública持有的约9亿美元债券的负债管理操作。这些证券是约15亿美元、将于2028年和2030年到期的债券的一部分，政府正在考虑对其余部分进行类似的交易。
The nation is also considering a liability-management operation involving about $900 million of bonds held by state-owned pension fund administrator Gestora Pública, according to Morales. Those securities are part of roughly $1.5 billion of bonds maturing in 2028 and 2030, and the government is weighing a similar transaction for the rest.
玻利维亚正在努力稳固其财务，以应对近年来严重的美元短缺。该国最近获得了一个为期三年、金额为19亿美元的国际货币基金组织融资计划，该计划提供了即时的2.14亿美元拨款。国际货币基金组织当时表示，该计划可能有助于从其他国际金融机构解锁约40亿美元的额外融资。
Bolivia is working to shore up its finances after a severe dollar shortage in recent years. The nation recently secured a three-year, $1.9 billion IMF financing program, which provided an immediate $214 million disbursement. The IMF said at the time that the program could help unlock about $4 billion in additional financing from other international financial institutions.
总统罗德里戈·帕斯的政府一直试图削减开支并取消昂贵的燃油补贴，这些措施导致了社会动荡。
President Rodrigo Paz’s government has sought to curb spending and unwind costly fuel subsidies, measures that have contributed to social unrest.
政府在与这家位于华盛顿的贷款机构达成协议后取消了柴油补贴，不过莫拉莱斯表示，官员们计划对天然气补贴的调整采取更为谨慎的方式。
The government has eliminated its diesel subsidy following the agreement with the Washington-based lender, though Morales said officials plan to proceed more cautiously with changes to natural gas subsidies.
“我们需要走向新的价格方案，但最重要的是要配套社会保护，”莫拉莱斯说。“我们不会抛下最弱势的群体。”他说，玻利维亚预计在本年度最后一个季度在燃油进口上花费6亿至8亿美元。
“We need to head to a new price scheme, but above all accompanying it with social protection,” Morales said. “We will not leave the most vulnerable behind.”Bolivia expects to spend between $600 million and $800 million on fuel imports in the final quarter of the year, he said.