Tag: fuel

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Bolsonaro favors reviewing Petrobras' formula to adjust price of fuel

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday said he intended to have Petrobras' international parity system reviewed, although he fell short of disclosing how he planned to go about it.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  British Army to launch “Operation Escalin” to avert petrol shortages

  

  The British Government finally decided to launch “Operation Escalin,” a deployment of Army staff to “start delivering fuel to pumps” in a move to avert shortages of petrol.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Fuel panic buying in UK; pool of Army truck drivers ready to fill the supply chain

  

  A pool of British Army tanker drivers is on standby and to be deployed if required to deliver fuel, the UK government announced on Monday following chain supply pressure which has left many gasoline stations empty or rationing the little supply left.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Truckers support Bolsonaro, block many roads all across Brazil

  

  Brazilian lorry drivers were placing their vehicles to block the country's main roads in the sign of protest as well as in support of President Jair Bolsonaro after Tuesday's speeches during the Independence Day celebrations.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Price of fuel goes up 12% in Uruguay

  

  The Government of Uruguay Monday announced a 12% increase in the price of fuels due to the increase in the international value of oil, a product that Uruguay imports 100%.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:11 UTC

  Maduro claims special forces captured a “US Spy” next to an oil refining complex

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that a “US spy” was captured near an oil refining complex in the northwest of the country, which is going through a severe fuel shortage crisis.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  July inflation in Brazil, 0,36%, only transport, fuel and housing increased

  

  Brazilian inflation in July rose the most in four years, figures showed on Friday, driven by fuel and housing costs, although the annual measure remained significantly below the central bank’s year-end target. The IPCA index rose 0.36% in July, government statistics agency IBGE said.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolivian surrounded cities running out of fuel and food; government attempts a supply air bridge

  

  Bolivians suffered long lines on the streets of La Paz on Sunday to secure chicken, eggs and cooking fuel as supporters of ousted President Evo Morales continued to cripple the country's highways, isolating population centers from lowland farms.

• Friday, October 4th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Ecuador will eliminate fuel subsidies and tighten the belt of public employees

  

  Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said that his government will eliminate subsidies for diesel and low-octane gasoline and create a new corporate tax as part of a package of measures to narrow the country’s fiscal deficit.

• Friday, October 4th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Ecuador declares state of emergency to contain protests against elimination of fuel subsidies

  

  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno declared a state of emergency Thursday as protests broke out nationwide over the end of decades-old fuel subsidies as part of a $2 billion government fiscal reform package. Police responded with tear gas in the worst unrest for years in the oil-producing Andean nation.