Fuel shortages in Venezuela have caused an unprecedented flow across the Brazilian border. Venezuelans are driving to Brazil to tackle long queues to buy gas in Pacaraima, a border town in Roraima. Known for the world’s cheapest liter of gasoline and for controlling the world’s largest confirmed oil reserve, Venezuela is facing an unprecedented crisis over the uncontrollable devaluation of the Bolívar, its national currency. In 2018, inflation in the country reached 130,060 percent and could reach 10,000,000 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Production by state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), the Venezuelan oil giant, has plummeted and the country is now running low on fuel. Drivers line up in long queues at stations in cities such as Maracaibo, Tumeremo and San Cristóbal, and fill gallon containers to store at home for fear of […]