Huge lines to withdraw money at ATMs in Cuba: "No one can charge due to lack of cash"

The long lines of people at ATMs due to the shortage of cash continue to lacerate the life of the people in the province of Las Tunas.

“This is how serious the situation continues at the ATMs in this province and throughout the island. Long lines and not even private shops and businesses can charge due to lack of money,” denounced theCuban Observatory of Human Rights.

In the video you can see a large crowd of people from Las Tunas trying to get cash, among them there are elderly people and at least two are seen carrying crutches.

“Now they are giving 5,000, before only 2,000 pesos,” explained a woman.

A director of the Business Group of Commerce (GEC) acknowledged that in the main city of Las Tunas there is greater access by the population to the extra cash service in state entities, "due to the deficit in ATMs," according to a report of the Cuban News Agency.

The difficulty in people's access to cash is an evil that continues to affect people in all cities and a problem not solved by the regime.

“What is not good and has the population hysterical is that, at least in Sancti Spíritus, the ATMs do not supply the demand of the population, causing long lines, and when the money runs out the demonstrations are brutal,” commented one person. who responds to the name of Luis Gustavo, in a publication on the official websiteCubadebate.

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However, as Luis Gustavo warns, the evil of the shortage of banknotes remains latent and without a solution: “If you are going to withdraw money from Banco Popular de Ahorro, it is limited to 2,000 pesos, which is not even enough to start buying. the needs. What is the solution?".

In a portal publicationCuban Directory, a person identified as Luispe confirmed that the scene is repeated on the Isle of Youth.

“I am a pensioner. I spent 5 days waiting in line to collect part of my pension because the bank only allows withdrawals of 2,000 pesos inside and at the ATMs it is practically impossible. In the end I had to call the ATM at 12 at night and the next day I withdrew the money after 10 in the morning. There is no money and at 11 o'clock the money runs out at the BPA Bank ATM in front of the polyclinic," he said.

With great indignation, he considered that it is a lack of respect and that the regime wants to implement banking "at the expense of the discomfort" of the people, "and then they fill their mouths with saying that they work for the 'people'."

In Santiago de Cuba, the official newspaperSierra Maestra confirmed in March that in practice there are several problems associated with banking.

The government measure is not being complied with in many state entities of the capital city and thisharms residents who cannot access cash.