Matanzas runs out of liquefied gas for sale to the population: “This is how they want and ask for resistance and a lot of creativity”

The residents of the province of Matanzas responded indignantly to the information from the Fuel Company (CUPET) in the area, after being informed that there was no liquefied gas available for sale to the population.

In a brief note published through the Facebook profile of the Provincial Government of the People's Power in Matanzas, the residents of that province were officially informed of the lack of fuel, although apparently, they have been experiencing the shortage before the notification.

"We know that, I am entitled to gas since the 6th and God knows when they will sell it to me. There is no electricity to cook food for children, the elderly, and families in general. What do we cook with? Because there isn't even firewood. When will we receive encouraging news for this suffering town everywhere," said a user in the comments section in the town.

The authorities in Matanzas warned in their note that they were prepared "so that as soon as the product becomes available, it will be distributed in the shortest time possible to the different Points of Sale so that the population can acquire it as soon as possible."

But the population expressed indignation at the information provided by the leaders.

"And they want and ask for resistance and a lot of creativity, which no one believes anymore because resistance is put in by us Cubans on the ground, so that those who lead us can live in fullness, because logically they do not sacrifice themselves and ask for life to continue as usual, of course since all of them, even those yet to be born in their family tree, have all problems resolved," stated an internet user.

The alleged skill that CUPET presents for when the product is in their hands did not go unnoticed. "What a relief... thank you, thank you. Knowing that the CUPET team is an example of availability... that reassures me... we will cook with that disposition!" Another user ironically stated.

A Cuban man showed great discontent with the government's information. "What else can happen, what else is lacking, you can't cook without electricity, you can't cook without gas, so what solution will the Government provide to its people, what solution? We don't want this information, we want them to solve the problems," he asserted.

Cubans are experiencing long hours of blackouts, preventing them from cooking food with electricity, a commonly used alternative in Cuba since the "promising" Energy Revolution led by dictator Fidel Castro in the early 2000s.

Now, the lack of liquefied gas adds a new problem to a situation that has been uncertain and distressing.

Recently, the president Miguel Díaz-Canel stated, in a supposed gesture of empathy, that the power outages in the last few days "have been terrible, up to 20 hours."

Problems must be tackled bit by bit every day, taking a piece here and another piece there to keep progressing (...). The blackouts have been terrible, up to 20 hours, but that will be resolved. There are plants under maintenance, and this has been the strategy to prevent disruptions during the summer," said to a population tired of the government's excuses.