Venezuela Struggles to Roll Out Fuel System

摘要

Frustrated Venezuelan drivers faced lengthy lines for gasoline in border states on Tuesday as the government struggled to roll out a new payment system that President Nicolas Maduro says will reduce smuggling of heavily subsidized fuel. Maduro says the payment system will pave the way for charging international prices for fuel — a massive increase given that gas is now almost free — as his government seeks to shore up state coffers amid a hyperinflationary economic meltdown.