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A Cuban driver posted on Facebook photos of the Havana tunnel completely deserted on a Sunday at 10:00 in the morning, with not a single vehicle moving through its four lanes, symbolizing the collapse of transportation in Cuba due to the severe shortage of fuel.
"A desert, an empty tunnel, and the monumental road to Mar Azul... Ufff, how sad, Cuba," wrote Yorni Cabrera while sharing the images that show the completely desolate underground infrastructure.
The tunnel, which connects El Vedado with Miramar and Havana del Este through a length of 733 meters and can accommodate up to 1,500 vehicles per hour, appears as a deserted monument.
After emerging from the subway, the streets also bore a desolate appearance.
The scene is not an isolated case in the Cuban capital.
Last week, another driver published a video of the roads in Báguanos, a municipality in Holguín, completely empty of vehicles.
In the reel, the user "Radar Rey Pa" traversed the area known as "El Manguito" looking for a car and only found a scooter. "Nothing is showing up," the author himself summarizes upon witnessing the bleak landscape.
Since January, roads, highways, and streets across Cuba have been left empty due to the most severe fuel crisis since the special period of the 1990s.
The crisis was triggered by the convergence of three factors: the capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3, which halted Venezuelan shipments of between 25,000 and 35,000 barrels daily—equivalent to two-thirds of Cuba's imports; the suspension of Mexican shipments under pressure from Washington; and an executive order from President Donald Trump on January 29 that imposed an additional oil embargo.
Cuba produces only 40,000 barrels daily but consumes more than 110,000, creating a structural deficit that is unsustainable without imports.
The impact on transportation is complete.
The urban transportation system of Havana collapsed on February sixth, with all routes suspended. In Ciego de Ávila, only two out of 135 bus routes were operational in March. National trains operate once every eight days, and the ferry to Isla de la Juventud runs only twice a week.
Other videos document the same desolation: the deserted 8-Lane Highway, the National Highway between Sancti Spíritus and Santa Clara with barely two or three cars visible over an hour and a half of travel, and the avenues of El Vedado completely empty at night.
The comments on social media reflect sadness and despair in response to these images.
A Facebook user, in front of the empty 8-Lane highway, sarcastically commented: I'm going to lie down here, let me know when a car passes by. Another summed up the situation with a phrase that circulated widely: "Cuba 2026, we are almost aborigines."
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