Thequeues to buy fuel In Cuban cities they cover several blocks in the midst of a serious crisis that spreads throughout the country, as has emerged on social networks.
Images published by Internet users show rows of dozens of cars parked along several blocks waiting for their turn to purchase some fuel.
In municipalities like Diez de Octubre, in Havana, drivers get up early and join the endless wait to fill their gasoline tank with a few liters.
"Amazing, soon we will return to the bicycle and the San Fernando bus," the user identified as Madara the Cuban joked on Twitter, and accompanied his publication of photos and a video documenting the line of cars to access the service station. CUPET.
The shortage of gasoline and oil frequently affects Cubans. Are long lines to get some fuel are also reported inSantiago de Cuba and other provinces. In Las Tunas and Holguín the government has not sold gasoline for days either, some Internet users said.
Desperate due to the lack of fuel that hits them, Cubans have created groups on Facebook to help each other, such as the one named "Where there is Fuel (Gasoline and Petroleum)" which, with the CUPET logo as a profile photo, announces where sale of the capital both products are available.
The lack of fuel has also worsened corruption and crime throughout the country. This week the police arrested aman who allegedly sold gasoline at 120 pesos, illegally, in a fuel queue at the CUPET on 25 and G in Vedado, Havana.
The crisis coincides with the pressures on the Venezuelan regime, an ally of Havana. The previous week, the Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado denounced that Nicolás Madurosecretly sends oil to Cuba, while in Venezuela there is no gasoline or money for basic services.
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