1 Drivers wait in a long line to refuel in Maracaibo (Venezuela), last Sunday.
The government of Nicolás Maduro blames the United States sanctions for the lack of gasoline in the country.
Henry Chirinos EFE
2The lines in Maracaibo have been so long that drivers spend the night sleeping in their vehicles until it is their turn to fill the tank.
Henry Chirinos EFE
3Some, more ingenious, took out their hammocks to sleep in the cool.
This new lean period brings back bad memories.
Venezuela experienced similar moments last year.
In full confinement by covid-19, the country was forced into severe rationing, which was partially offset by the importation of barrels from Iran, on which it still depends.
Henry Chirinos EFE
4Venezuela suffers from a fuel shortage despite the fact that it continues to sit on one of the largest oil reserves in the world due to the collapse of the oil industry in the country.
Henry Chirinos EFE
5A man waits in his truck in Maracaibo, late at night, to get fuel.
Henry Chirinos EFE
6The shortage crisis has also affected diesel.
That fuel is crucial for public transport and industrial activity.
At the stations, militarized since last year, they apply different types of rationing and give priority to vehicles that transport food.
Yuri Cortez AFP
7 The collapse of the Venezuelan oil industry had barely reached diesel, a derivative of oil that the country produces on a larger scale than gasoline, in part because it is easier to refine.
But its production, now, is also scarce.
Yuri Cortez AFP
8A gas station worker helps fill the tank of a truck that transports vegetables.
Yuri Cortez AFP
The long lines in Venezuela to refuel, in pictures
2021-05-01T18:54:30.702Z
The country, which was once a major oil producer, is experiencing a new gasoline shortage crisis despite imports of Iranian crude