Havana runs out of "gazelle" taxis due to fuel shortage.

The Gazzelle microbus service, operated by Taxis Cuba company, is experiencing a complete lack of operation this Thursday in Havana, due to the instability in fuel supply, a harsh blow for thousands of citizens in the capital.

On their Facebook page, the group reported on the situation and recalled how it works: The Gazelle minibusses supply the necessary fuel nightly and in the early hours to provide the population with transportation service the following day.

In this regard, he added that "this has been the work dynamics in recent times, however, due to the situation our country is facing with fuel, in the last 24 hours there have been difficulties with the supply at the designated points for Metrotaxi vehicles, which has made it impossible to cover the routes on the established itineraries".

Likewise, he indicated that "the drivers have ensured a portion of the service on the routes with the reserve they had left in the tanks of their vehicles."

"We are aware of how important this service is for the mobility of the population in the Cuban capital, so we apologize to our customers for this situation and inform that the service will soon be restored and operate normally," said the company Taxis Cuba.

This scenario is becoming more common. In March, the population in Havana faced difficulties in getting around due to the reduction of the transportation service itself, as a result of the persistent fuel crisis affecting the country.

In Cuba, mobility through public transportation is critical, and to verify this, you only need to look at the numbers of buses currently operating in the capital: 252 buses according to official figures, a number below the amount that remain idle: 309.

But the negative outlook extends to the entire nation. The Cuban government acknowledged on Tuesday the transportation crisis, revealing that more than half of the provincial routes are paralyzed, as reported during the session of the Cuban Parliament.

Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, Minister of Transportation (Mitrans), indicated that by the end of April, 52% of the routes of provincial transportation companies were paralyzed, as reported by the official newspaper Granma.

The minister explained that, of the active provincial routes, 86% operate with only one trip in the morning and another in the afternoon.

Rodríguez admitted that the situation is more critical in the provinces of Camagüey, Granma, Villa Clara, Ciego de Ávila, Holguín, Matanzas, and Artemisa.