Venezuela has increased petrol prices from the equivalent of around two US cents to ninety-four cents a litre.
It’s the first rise in 20 years.
President Nicolas Maduro says the hike is needed to balance the economy.
Al Jazeera’s Virginia Lopez reports.
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