a year ago the one hundred bolivar bill was the country's largest but inflation has skyrocketed the only thing growing in venezuela these days some jest is the number of zeros on the banknotes everything else like food and medical supplies continues to shrink lack of hard currency has left the government unable to pay for imports the country's debt has become unsustainable president nicolas maduro is hoping to convince foreign creditors of his proposals for restructuring it. i don't think i don't tell the investors of the world the holders of venezuelan debt i have the moral to summon them on one of them but thirteen to caracas and begin the process of refinancing and renegotiation of the external debt. he hopes creditors will extend repayment deadlines lower interest rates and even agree to cancel debt altogether if no arrangement can be reached the country faces bankruptcy cutting it off from financial markets and unable to borrow more money meanwhile for ordinary venezuelans the suffering continues. now for some more analysis let's go straight to wall street tarkus correspondent. well