Just not true

[NewsWhore]

Finance Minister Vicente Bengoa came out in the Caribe newspaper and said that reports that the recent oil shortage in the country were caused by cancellation of oil shipments from Venezuela aren't true. Bengoa also informed the public that 85,000 barrels of petroleum would be arriving in the country today, bringing an end to the shortage. Bengoa stated that the government was told with enough time that Venezuelan oil wouldn't be arriving, but that PetroCaribe isn't to blame for the shortage. Bengoa also said that since Venezuela wasn't able to ship the country oil, the DR bought 250,000 barrels from Houston, Texas.

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