A tanker that has been transporting Venezuelan fuel to Cuba since April of last year finished loading a shipment of 150,000 barrels of gasoline this week.
According to a transportation schedule obtained by Reuters, this movement could indicate that Venezuela is preparing to send new fuel supplies to the island under the supervision of the United States.
Until Thursday, it was unclear whether the ship had set sail from Venezuela.
The tanker was last spotted on Monday in Venezuelan waters, according to the monitoring service TankerTrackers.com, but Reuters reports it was unable to confirm its final destination.
Due to the US military presence in the Caribbean, any tanker departing from Venezuelan waters requires approval from the United States.
The information emerges as Cuba faces a deep energy crisis that forces the regime to take what they consider extreme measures to prevent the country from coming to a standstill.
This Thursday, the leader Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the situation of the electrical system and fuel supply from Havana, in a context marked by the increasing queues to purchase gasoline and diesel at service stations across the country.
Díaz-Canel stated that Cuba will not give up on receiving fuels, despite Donald Trump's measures.
Specifically regarding the relationship between the governments of Cuba and Venezuela, he stated: "Many try to see it as a relationship of dependence between two countries, and what that does is restrict it, reducing it to an exchange of goods and services. And that is not the reality."
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