Residents of Venezuela have faced widespread gasoline shortages since Monday despite the world’s largest oil reserves, as the socialist regime failed to deliver supplies to gas stations on time. In the capital of Caracas, which, as the political center of Venezuela, is generally a priority for gas deliveries, many service stations would have had large queues with drivers waiting up to an hour to make the full. In states such as Lara and Táchira, many drivers have been forced to arrive early in the morning to guarantee access to fuel. In some cases, gas stations have been closed entirely due to a lack of supplies. The Secretary General of the Petroleum Workers Union, Iván Freites, said in an interview with El Nacional that the lack of fuel was the result of the paralysis of many of the country’s oil refineries, all of which are oil-controlled. ‘State Petroleum Company of […]