(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2018) – The price of gasoline in Venezuela is likely to increase.
For some services such as gasoline, there will be a relative increase in price, reported the daily newspaper El National, citing Ecoanalítica Director Asdrúbal Oliveros.
“It’s as if they were decreeing an unannounced increase in many of the services, and that has a significant impact not only on daily life, but also on inflation that will be generated,” said Oliveros.
Venezuela has long subsidized the price of the country’s gasoline and diesel, which has allowing its citizens to enjoy the world’s cheapest fuel prices. In 1989, increases in foodstuffs and fuel prices provoked nationwide protests, which eventually led to rise of the late President Hugo Chavez.
“The increase in gasoline will push up demand for cash since a rise in gasoline prices will force citizens to seek out more paper money,” he warned.
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