Venezuela Drivers Rue Maduro Call to Change World’s Cheapest Gas
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Venezuelan drivers like filling up their gas tanks for 6 cents a gallon. The country’s president says they can’t afford it much longer.
With Venezuelan oil prices down 60 percent since June and the country suffering from shortages of everything from toilet paper to dollars, President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday that it was time to “open the debate” on raising fuel prices. Though it will hurt their pocketbooks, some Caracas residents said he’s right.