Trinidad offers Venezuela oil-for-tissue paper swap
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Caracas
VENEZUELA, plagued with shortages of basic goods, was offered a reprieve by the Prime Minister of neighbouring Trinidad & Tobago: exchange oil for tissue paper.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar suggested an oil-for-tissue swap in a news conference Tuesday following a meeting in Port of Spain with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. She said the deal would benefit both countries.
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