{"id":20850,"date":"2008-10-17T01:43:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T01:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/pages\/espaillat-wants-answers\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T01:43:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T01:43:56","slug":"espaillat-wants-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2008\/10\/17\/espaillat-wants-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Espaillat wants answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery Leopoldo Espaillat Nanita is asking the government to disclose the real purchase price of Venezuelan-sourced fuel. Espaillat says it is ridiculous that while the DR buys its fuel from Venezuela it uses prices of the West Texas Intermediate as a reference point for setting prices here. Espaillat said that in June the cost of a barrel of Venezuelan fuel was US$20 below the West Texas fuel, yet the government was setting prices based on the more expensive US market price. He added the government knew what they were doing – collecting higher taxes based on a higher fuel price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery Leopoldo Espaillat Nanita is asking the government to disclose the real purchase price of Venezuelan-sourced fuel. Espaillat says it is ridiculous that while the DR buys its fuel from Venezuela it uses prices of the West Texas Intermediate as a reference point for setting prices here. Espaillat said … <\/p>\n

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