They threaten to revoke licenses of state drivers who do not pick up passengers in Villa Clara.

The government of the province of Villa Clara has threatened to revoke the driving license of state drivers who do not pick up passengers at the designated points for this purpose.

The official broadcaster CMHW reported that the governor of the province, Milaxy Yanet Sánchez Armas, lashed out at the drivers of state vehicles after finding that they do not stop or inform that their routes end in places close to the pickup point.

Sánchez pointed out that they visited these places due to the dissatisfaction of the population and confirmed the hardships that people are facing at the interprovincial bus terminal.

A person reported that the conditions in the terminal are terrible, with overcrowding of people and homeless individuals lying on the seats, forcing those who are traveling to remain standing.

In addition, the waiting list is managed at a single window, which causes both those who are going to travel and those who want to register to have to wait a long time, sometimes in very uncomfortable conditions.

A woman pointed out that she had been on the waiting list to travel to Havana for two days, but each time a bus arrived, they only called one or two people. "I can't move from here, and they don't sell food, just snacks, and I am diabetic," she noted.

Another person reported that the interprovincial bus terminal is dirty and that people sleeping on the benches do not allow others, like her, who arrived from Sagua la Grande with her child in her arms since 2:30 AM, to sit down.

Finally, the report from the official broadcaster indicated that the main problem affecting people at the terminal is the constant and daily delays of the buses.

Ailen Aparicio Rodríguez, the head of the agency, provided a list of justifications for the institution's inefficient management: "The room is small, and during the holidays, very few people who are going to travel fail to show up, and those are the seats that are offered on the waiting list."

The directive noted that previously, when there was a crowd of passengers, the government and Ómnibus Nacionales would put extra buses; however, currently, it can go up to four days without any arriving.

"We depend on Transtur, Transgaviota, Transmetro, which on certain occasions enter the terminal and pick up people, but that happens sometimes one or two times a week," he emphasized.

A similar situation was reported in Santiago de Cuba when the fuel crisis caused long waits at a bus terminal.

In July, the Cuban government acknowledged the transportation crisis in the country, revealing that more than half of the provincial routes are paralyzed, as reported during a 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 suspended, according to 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.