	latin oil producers to meet in caracas five regional oil producing nations will gather in caracas tommorrow for a two day meeting expected to center on ways to combat proposals for a u s tax on imported petroleum the venezuela s ministry of energy and mines said oil ministers from mexico trinidad and tobago ecuador and venezuela will be on hand for the fifth meeting of the informal group of latin american and caribbean petroleum exporters formed in it said colombia will also attend for the first time as an observer nation the ministry said energy and mines minister arturo hernandez grisanti said the conference has no set agenda but one entire session friday will be devoted to proposals for a tax on imported oil two of the group s members venezuela and mexico are second and third largest foreign suppliers of oil to the united states respectively following canada venezuela concerned about the effect such a tax would have on its exports undertook a diplomatic push to coordinate strategy against such measures in february canadian energy minister marcel masse was invited to caracas for talks with hernandez on proposals for an oil import tax reuter 
