Maduro to End Cheap Gasoline for All Venezuelans This Week
- Drivers have Aug. 15-17 to register for gasoline subsidies
- Maduro declares Aug. 20, day of currency rollout, a holiday
An employee fuels vehicles at a gas station in Caracas.
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President Nicolas Maduro took to the airwaves Monday night to tell Venezuelan drivers that the days of being able to fill up their tanks with some of the cheapest gasoline in the world were over.
From Aug. 15-17, drivers must register to receive subsidies for gasoline purchases, and those who do not will have to pay international prices for fuel.