Suriname to get oil from Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has agreed to supply fuel to Suriname under the Petrocaribe programme which already provides energy on preferential terms to most CARICOM member states.



Chavez met his Suriname counterpart Desi Bouterse during Friday’s South American summit in Guyana.



Venezuela also agreed to help Suriname on housing projects and rice farming, and send urea for fertiliser.