The Cuban government denied that a fuel tanker had arrived in Havana from Russia, despite satellite tracking platforms showing its arrival in Havana last Wednesday.
"There is no Russian ship arriving with fuel to the country," said the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de La O Levy, in a special podcast about the energy situation.
The leader stated that there was never any official information on that topic and added that the dissemination of the news was nothing more than a "provocation" to elicit a reaction.
"There are those who provoke, there are provocations. This kind of insinuation is made to wait for a response," he said.
De La O assured that he stays informed about everything that is published both on social media and in state media.
"There are many comments that we can sometimes respond to, and there are others that are very sensitive, and we take our time because we have to analyze them carefully. Remember that we have an enemy that is analyzing word by word," he emphasized.
Despite the minister's statements, maritime tracking applications indicate that the PVT Clara, sailing under the flag of Panama, arrived in Havana on October 2 and departed this Saturday.
The ship, with a capacity of 20,831 tons, set sail from Russia on September 14.
The energy crisis keeps the population in constant agony, suffering from more than 10 hours of blackouts per day in many localities.
For this Saturday, the Electric Union (UNE) forecasted an impact of 1140 MW during peak hours, with five thermoelectric units out of service due to breakdowns and another two for maintenance, as well as 44 distributed generation plants halted due to lack of fuel.
On Friday, the service was affected due to a capacity generation deficit for 24 hours and has continued throughout this morning.
The maximum impact from generation capacity deficit during peak hours was 1198 MW at 7:40 PM, higher than the planned 1086 MW.
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