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The government of Venezuela and state-controlled oil company Petroleos de Venezuela together face $10 billion in debt payments this year, though April deadlines could prove especially onerous and February's burden is sizable.

A January cash flow analysis by Nomura Securities showed that Venezuela is likely to meet its debt payments through use of cash, loans and gold sales. Nomura via Barron's

The government is on the hook this year for $3.4 billion and Pdvsa, $6.6 billion -- with $2.9 billion due mostly by Pdvsa in April, according to a Caracas Capital. It puts the total debt burden of Venezuela, an oil producer and OPEC member, at $71 billion, not including a number of special arrangements including loans from China to be paid back with oil shipments.