Havana is once again running out of gas stations due to a lack of fuel.

The instability in fuel supply has temporarily taken most of these vehicles out of circulation.

Gacelas en La Habana (Imagen de referencia) © Facebook / Reporte de Rutas en Tiempo Real / Javier Trujillo
Gazelles in Havana (Reference image)Photo © Facebook / Real-Time Route Report / Javier Trujillo

The service of the gacelas (MetroTaxi) in Havana was affected again this Tuesday due to a lack of fuel, just two months after this popular means of transportation was paralyzed in July for the same reason.

This was reported by the Facebook page Transportación Habana TH, indicating that the instability in supply has temporarily left most of these vehicles out of circulation.

Facebook Capture / Transportation Havana TH

According to the statement, in the coming days, only two or three gazelles are expected to operate throughout the capital, a minimal figure that highlights the seriousness of the situation.

Furthermore, they reported that there is no clarity on when the service will normalize, exacerbating the crisis in passenger transportation in the Cuban capital.

This situation was reported by Javier Trujillo in the Facebook group "Real-Time Route Report," indicating that there will be no fuel availability by Wednesday.

Facebook Capture / Real-Time Route Report / Javier Trujillo

"We received a report that tomorrow there will be no Gacelas circulating; there may be two or three, but there is no fuel to supply them," he pointed out.

The impact on the popular transportation service is another clear evidence of the fuel crisis that Cuba is experiencing, which does not seem to have an end.

Regarding this scarcity, recently the Minister of Energy and Mines of Cuba, Vicente de la O Levy, stated that the fuel that could alleviate the blackout crisis "is at Cuban ports," but is not being unloaded.

The pro-government journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso shared on Facebook the statements made by the head of the department, ironically during the inauguration of the Third International Renewable Energy Fair.

Vicente de la O Levy stated that the fuel "is in Cuban ports on the ships" and that a solution for its unloading would soon be available.

The minister pointed out that, in a "financial sacrifice of the country," the fuel unloading was planned, presenting as a great achievement the fact that "high amounts of money are paid weekly."

Despite the fact that the Cuban regime has shown its inability to resolve the transportation crisis, the government's response has been to focus on attacking those who, through private initiatives, manage to transport passengers.

This was demonstrated by the statements made in June by the Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.

Marrero appeared upset during a tour of the Holguin municipality of Antilla, where he once again criticized those who perform this work from the private sector in front of state transporters.

"How can a private transport be operating while the state one is paralyzed? On the day there is no fuel, there is none for anyone, but it cannot be that there is a guarantee for the private sector and not for the state, which is at a reasonable price for the population," said the prime minister as part of his statements.

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