Caracas, Venezuela, Feb 11, 2008 / 19:19 pm
The bishops of Venezuela will meet this week to discuss the deteriorating situation in their country, which is enduring a food supply crisis resulting from a court ruling against the state oil company PDVSA.
Besides the food shortage, the bishops will also address the increase in violence and the deterioration in the relations with Colombia during an extraordinary meeting of their conference, Bishop Ubaldo Santana, the president of the conference, said.
The food supply has become an imminent problem in Venezuela after ExxonMobile won an international court ordered the freezing of $12 billion in assets of PDVSA—the company that provides 90 cents of every dollar that enters the country.
“This decision is very troublesome, because it could affect international relations, the food supply in our country, and therefore the lives of our people in an area as crucial as food,” Bishop Santana said.