They asked for payment in cash, but Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) has not completed the payment to date.”įréites said the situation has become “serious” because Venezuela only receives 10 to 15 shipments with 300,000 barrels of gasoline each month.Īccording to La Verdad, Complejo Paraguaná Refinery operates at a 108,000-barrel capacity, but reported it was only processing 60,000 barrels per day. On top of this report, the newspaper wrote last Friday, May 6 that there are very few days-worth of gasoline left.Īccording to Secretary General of the Falcón Oil and Gasoline Workers Syndicate, “a ship of 150,000 barrels of Tame, an oxidant used to obtain the necessary octane rating in petroleum, is stalled at the Cardón refinery. The newspaper La Verdad reported that the stoppage will last 45 to 60 days.Įxecutive Secretary for the United Federation of Oil Workers Rober González told the newspaper that Venezuelan refineries may have been sabotaged by some contractors and managers. Venezuelans have yet another hardship to overcome in trying to survive the country’s economic crisis, as it was announced Monday, May 9 that the El Palito Refinery - the main supplier of fuel in Venezuela - has halted operations with less than 10 days of inventory remaining. Gasoline Shortage Looms in Oil-Producing VenezuelaĬountry's Main Refinery Shut Downs for 45 to 60 Days May 9, 2016 Read More: Gasoline Shortage Looms in Oil-Producing Venezuela Muchacho recently reported that with so little food available on supermarket shelves, Venezuelans have taken to the streets to hunt pigeons and other animals - even in the richer regions of Caracas. The mayor’s statements come after Curaçao President of the Red Cross Angelo Ramirez reported that the island is preparing itself for possible Venezuelan refugees “in the event that the situation in Venezuela becomes worse.” “As hunger deepens, we could see more Venezuelans fleeing by land or sea to an island,” Muchacho said. The mayor of Chacao Ramon Muchacho warned that Caribbean islands and Colombia may suffer an influx of refugees from Venezuela if food shortages continue in the country. Warehouse workers indicated that people managed to get about 50 bags of unprocessed corn.Īccording to the local newspaper, Carabobo and municipal police later arrived to the scene and took control of the situation, but not before residents set tires and other objects on fire. Yohan, like the approximately 50 other people asking employees to give her a “little bit” of corn to feed her children for breakfast, was turned away. “There’s no rice, no pasta, no flour,” resident Glerimar Yohan told La Costa, “only hunger.”

They reportedly broke down the gate because workers were giving away small portions. In the central province of Carabobo, residents ransacked a corn warehouse located in the coastal city of Puerto Cabello.

One user claimed the looting occurred because it is difficult to get cereal, and so people “broke down the doors and damaged infrastructure.”

Videos posted to social media showed desperate people falling over each other trying to get bags of rice. Lootings are becoming a common occurrence in Venezuela, as the country’s food shortage resulted in yet another reported incident of violence in a supermarket - this time in the Luvebras Automarket located in the La Florida Province of Caracas. Venezuela’s Socialism Has Triggered Looting Instead of Shoppingįood Shortages, Empty Supermarket Shelves, Leave Many without Option May 12, 2016

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