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| Venezuela Fuel Shortages Get Worse as Tanker Staff Flee |
| 2018-11-24 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Welcome to the Socialist Paradise, amigos! Getting closer! |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-11-24 13:39 |
| #1 But why, oh why? "Resignations and requests for leave by personnel at PDV Marina, the oil company’s shipping affiliate, are reducing the tankers’ crews to a minimum, according to a document seen by Bloomberg." Say what? They have jobs, that pay, a rarity in VZ... but there's this: "Wages diluted by hyperinflation -- now running at an annual pace of 187,400 percent according to Bloomberg’s Cafe Con Leche Index -- are pushing personnel to leave the country, said Luis Diaz, a tugboat worker at PDV Marina in Puerto La Cruz." Welcome to the Socialist Paradise, amigos! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-11-24 07:37 |