“In Argentina, there is an uncontrolled rise in prices, this Monday, carriers went on strike, on the one hand, due to a shortage of diesel fuel, on the other hand, due to price increases, which have almost doubled,” he said.
According to him, carriers in Brazil went on strike.
At the same time, truckers and other drivers protested in Paraguay and Panama.
He added that in Ecuador, fuel prices have reached historic highs.
In March, the Russian ambassador to Caracas, Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov, announced Moscow's intention to increase cooperation with Venezuela and other Latin American countries in the face of Western sanctions.