Owners of the 1970s-era gas guzzling trucks and sedans that have long reigned over Caracas’ smog-filled roadways will soon have to pay a bit more to keep flaunting their energy-inefficient monsters.As an economic crisis drains government coffers, President Nicolas Maduro is putting motorists on notice and taking on one of the nation’s biggest sacred cows: nearly free gasoline. With cut-rate prices for fuel, Venezuelans have never felt compelled to buy smaller, more environment-friendly vehicles like motorists in many other countries, often favoring decades-old clunkers or newer SUVs.
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