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Nicaragua blocks import of
Venezuelan oil
Nicaragua's federal government
has prevented the mayor of
Managua from importing gasoline
from Venezuela in the middle of
a transport crisis in the
capital, local media reported.
Nicaraguan President Enrique
Bolaños said that Venezuelan
gasoline imports should be
agreed to at state level, not
through the office of Managua's
mayor Dionisio Marenco, of the
opposition Sandinista Liberation
Front Party.
Marenco signed a deal with
Venezuela on April 10 to import
10 million barrels of petrol to
Nicaragua each year.
Nicaragua has been hard hit by
high petrol prices and gasoline
shortages in recent months.
Drivers in the capital have
staged a strike protesting high
fuel costs.
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