Venezuela part IV - Petrol and cars
July 1st 2007 Venezuela sits on large deposits of oil and production and sales of oil is a large industry in the country. In fact oil accounts for almost 90% of Venezuela´s export earnings. The policy here is to hold the price on fuel very low, ridiculously low in fact. It is actually possible to get a full tank of petrol for roughly the same cost as one litre in Sweden!
We were one day offered a ride in a
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