Hoy newspaper says that talks are underway for Trinidad to step in and supply the fuel the country needs. Venezuela suspended its petroleum sales to the DR under the cloud of allegations that former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez is conspiring against President Chavez from Dominican soil.
Hoy reports that the president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery, Amaury Justo Duarte, will travel to Port of Spain on 29 September to participate in these discussions. Trinidad would offer the DR a similar deal to the San Jose Accord signed with Venezuela.
DR was Venezuela’s best client in the Caribbean, purchasing 100,000 barrels daily, according to Diario Libre.