Paraguayan government ends contract with Pdvsa for alleged irregularities

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"The Paraguayan Office of Government Procurement ended a freight agreement between state-run oil companies Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (Pdvsa) and Petróleos Paraguayos (Petropar) for alleged irregularities, confirmed on Thursday the chairman of the company, Max Rejalada.

Rejalada said that Petropar declared illegal a direct contract to transport 60,000 cubic meters of gasoil from Río de la Plata, the transshipment point from the port of origin, to the pier of Petropar, located in Villa Elisa (outside Asunción).

The Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color, which has reported the case, said that "it is now evident that the Paraguayan oil company violated the law (...), by granting the tempting freight business to Fluviomar, an Argentine shipping company, which is a partner of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company,""

I guess they thought they could use the same corrupt practices they use in Venezuela elsewhere.