Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Recent lower gas prices has been benefitting consumers, but why are Venezuelans suffering from the drop in oil price? Learn More: Oil cash waning,...
========== You’ve probably noticed that filling up
your car with gas is a lot cheaper than it was a few months ago. That’s because the
price of oil has fallen, and while that’s good for the consumer, for countries like
Iran, Russia and Venezuela, whose economies rely heavily on oil exports, it spells disaster.
Reports suggest that Venezuela has been hit particularly hard by the oil price drop. But
why? And what is the country doing to do help solve the problem? Well, with one of the largest oil reserves
in the world, Venezuela relies heavily on oil exports, in fact, oil generates around
95 percent of it’s hard currency income. So, as oil prices have dropped by over half
since June, the Venezuelan economy has really suffered.2 The results of which can be seen
in the li...