Elmundo.com.sv reports that "José Luis Merino , FMLN leader and senior advisor to Alba Petroleos in El Salvador, says the party does not have an agreement model to join Petrocaribe, in the case that they win the presidential election next year. "

At the moment there are two alternatives for the country's entry into the Venezuelan energy project with the objective of "ensuring that the government has $640 million available every year for paying the country's oil bill."

The first option is to create a state-owned company engaged in importing and marketing petroleum products and the second alternative is that the government only adopts the importing part and markets products through Alba Petróleos stations.

Source: elmundo.com.sv

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