Venezuela considering increase in gasoline prices, world's cheapest: 2 cents a liter

Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:09 UTC

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President Nicolas Maduro said he was contemplating a three-year period to raise domestic fuel prices; a sensitive issue for Venezuela where a similar move helped spark deadly 1989 riots. Read full article

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ElaineB
The U.S. airline American Airlines , the largest international carrier of Venezuela , announced that they have stopped selling tickets from Venezuela in any currency.

“Due to limited inventory available , we are unable to sell or to accommodate the requests of passengers at this time ,” said spokeswoman Martha Pantin in response to inquiries made via email today .

“ It's as if the borders were closed and no one put a travel ban ,” said Susana Garcia , owner of the travel agency Chill Out Travel Tours. In a telephone interview said that Venezuelans are you stuck in the country by government policies .

Companies that sell products in Venezuela and other countries , such as airline tickets, are required by law to be equally available to all customers in the local currency , said by telephone Hermann Escarrá , legal adviser to the government of President Nicolas Maduro .
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1 ElaineB
Your post confused me, what about Bolivares?
So have they ceased operations?
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ElaineB
I was quoting from an article I read today, I should have made that clear.
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