Elderly individuals and women with children experienced a frustrating day this Sunday, waiting from early morning for the buses that never arrived due to a lack of fuel.
Journalist Yosmany Mayeta reported on Facebook the lack of transportation at the Calle 4 terminal, from which trucks and buses depart to the municipalities of Santiago de Cuba and nearby provinces.
"Several people have written to me to report the critical situation regarding interprovincial transportation and the departure of state buses for the municipalities in Santiago de Cuba," Mayeta noted.
Although the video shared by the journalist illustrates the situation faced by people this Sunday, he emphasized that the crisis worsens from Monday to Friday.
In the short clip, a person can be heard reporting that there were people waiting for transportation since 4:00 AM.
"There are elderly people and women with children waiting for a bus that was supposed to leave at 5:00 AM. They say there is no fuel, and today being Sunday makes it even worse," he noted.
Recently, images circulated on social media showing a bus parking lot in Santiago de Cuba, where most of the vehicles displayed a significant level of deterioration. This has sparked widespread outrage among internet users who are questioning the regime's management of public transport.
The profile "Rodando Por Cuba" shared on Facebook a gallery of images from the bus graveyard, a post that has sparked numerous comments, most of which highlight the poor management by the government and express the opinion that the fate of the buses would be very different under private sector management.
The Cuban government has acknowledged the transportation crisis in the country, revealing that more than half of the provincial routes are currently suspended, as was reported during the session of the Cuban Parliament this Tuesday.
Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, the Minister of Transportation (Mitrans), stated that by the end of April, 52% of the routes of the provincial transportation companies were suspended, as reported by the state newspaper Granma.
In July, the service of the Gazzelle micros operated by Taxis Cuba was disrupted in Havana due to instability in fuel supplies, a severe blow for thousands of citizens in the capital.
On their Facebook page, the group provided information about the situation and reminded everyone how it works: The Gazelle microbuses receive the necessary fuel daily in the evening and early morning to provide route service to the community the following day.
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