Seventeen more gas stations open in Cuba for sales in dollars.

Amidst the severe fuel crisis in Cuba, the regime announced on Thursday the opening of 17 new service stations for the sale of fuel in dollars.

Corporación CIMEX reported on Facebook that as of June 1st, 17 new service centers will be added to the current network of service centers in USD in 10 provinces.

According to the entity, the main objective of this increase in the network is to meet the current demand, especially that of rental cars for tourism.

He claims that this expansion includes "coverage of tourist areas, the national highway, and remote villages with a considerable flow of rented vehicles."

The provinces where the new gas stations will be opened are Pinar del Río, Havana, Matanzas, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila, Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, and Santiago de Cuba.

The publication recalls that the established methods for payment in dollars are VISA, MasterCard, the Russian card MIR, the prepaid card issued by BANDEC, UnionPay, and CABAL, as well as AIS, Viajero, and Clásica.

In January, the government announced that starting on February 1, a total of 29 Cuban gas stations would begin selling fuel exclusively in dollars, with the exception of one that would also offer services in Cuban pesos (CUP).

Tania Vives Alfonso, economic vice president of the CIMEX corporation, then reported that the Nueva Imagen service station, located in the Morón municipality, Ciego de Ávila, would be the only one to have a mixed service because it is located at the entrance of the keys and there is no other nearby.

In the past week, however, to the unbridled inflation, which has increased by 1,500% in the last six years in Cuba, long lines to buy fuel in Havana and other provinces were added. This is an image that is neither new nor exclusive to the current situation within the country.

"A friend spent thirty hours to stock up," pointed out an internet user named Carlos. "That's why the dollar cannot lose value," added another person named Gustavo. "It's embarrassing," lamented Ariadna. "In Cuba, nothing works well, only repression and surveillance are effective," emphasized José.

In that context, Cubans are experiencing power outages of up to 20 hours a day, while the regime attributes the phenomenon to fuel scarcity and the poor condition of its power plants.