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Ascensión de Guarayos: Fuel queues return to pumps, increasing frustration over long waits
🇧🇴 Bolivia /Economy & Trade

Ascensión de Guarayos: Fuel queues return to pumps, increasing frustration over long waits

From El Deber · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Residents of Ascensión de Guarayos, Bolivia, are facing severe fuel shortages, with long queues forming at gas stations.
  • Drivers, including mototaxi operators and those needing diesel, report waiting for up to five days, causing significant disruption to daily life and work.
  • Despite a commitment from the acting mayor to increase fuel quotas, the situation at the pumps remains unchanged.

Ascensión de Guarayos in Bolivia is experiencing a severe fuel shortage, leading to extensive queues of vehicles, particularly motorcycles, at gas stations. The situation has left transport workers, farmers, and the general population desperate and uncertain about how to proceed.

Mototaxi drivers, who rely on gasoline for their daily income, face queues stretching up to 10 blocks. "The situation is desperate. It's inhumane to wait up to 6 hours in the sun. While we wait in line, who works for us, who will bring food to the table, considering we live day by day?" said Pedro Oquendaqui, a sector leader.

The situation is desperate. It's inhumane to wait up to 6 hours in the sun. While we wait in line, who works for us, who will bring food to the table, considering we live day by day?

— Pedro OquendaquiA sector leader describing the impact of the fuel shortage on mototaxi drivers.

For diesel, the wait is even longer for four-wheeled vehicles. At a YPFB gas station located about 500 meters from town on the road to Santa Cruz, queues extend for nearly 5 kilometers, with some sections having double lines. "Waiting up to 5 days to buy diesel, and the situation not only isn't being solved but is getting worse," complain drivers waiting for fuel.

Acting Mayor Robert Schok had previously stated that a commitment was made with YPFB to increase fuel quotas at the gas stations. However, the situation on the ground remains unchanged, with no improvement in fuel availability.

Waiting up to 5 days to buy diesel, and the situation not only isn't being solved but is getting worse.

— DriversComplaining about the prolonged wait for diesel fuel.
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Originally published by El Deber in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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