Venezuela’s Military Takes Over Fuel Pumps as Shortages Increase
- Only selected stations to remain open as Covid-19 spreads
- Last gasoline cargo to arrive in country was three weeks ago
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Venezuela’s military seized control of gasoline pumps in at least three states, as the coronavirus outbreak deepens fuel shortages and further isolates the country from the rest of the world.
In Zulia, Carabobo and Guarico, states in the northern part of the country, soldiers displaced PDVSA personnel and private managers at gas stations, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified as the matter is not public. A state-owned fuel distribution plant in the center of the country is at very low levels, they added.