The Cuban content creator known on Facebook as Rey Dry Belén Chamorro turned the adventure of taking a bus in Ciego de Ávila into a three-part series that has already gone viral on social media, with over 130,000 views on the third episode.
The series, titled "What Happened on the Bus", is structured like a genuine reality show divided into three acts: Part I is called "The Line," Part II "The Ticket Booth," and Part III "The Reality," which documents what happens inside and around the vehicle.
The third episode shows the bus number 305 —in colors white, black, and red— stopped at what appears to be the bus terminal of Violeta, a town in Ciego de Ávila, with dirt ground and tropical vegetation in the background.
The tone is humorous, but the criticism is sharp: each chapter accurately depicts a stage of an experience that millions of Cubans know by heart. This situation is not new in Cuba, although it has become more pronounced amid the current fuel crisis in the country.
The comments on the video immediately reflect this reality. "Back to back and chest to chest, we can do it, let's take one more step, gentleman, because the one on top forgets the one on the bottom," wrote a follower, evoking the usual overcrowding in Cuban buses.
Another commentator went beyond humor: "It's not just surviving the line; it's about surviving everything in Cuba. That's terrible!"
The "callers" of the terminal — employees who announce departures — also play a central role in the series. "Those callers are classic; I would say they are somewhat of a staple at the terminal because they've been there for years with the same modus operandi," noted a follower.
Another user recognized herself in the recorded images and commented with a laugh, "You can see my hair in that shot, what a dilemma that day."
The video resonated particularly with the Cuban diaspora. A follower residing in Las Vegas, originally from Jatibonico, wrote: "Can you imagine, watching your videos makes me relive the trips from Jatibonico to Violeta and vice versa, I loved seeing the terminal, what a nostalgia."
Another internet user summarized the timeless nature of the images: "My God, that's legendary. It's the same image I saw when I was a child going on vacation."
The scene captured in the video is neither new nor exceptional: it is the norm in Ciego de Ávila. In March 2026, only two of the 135 bus routes in the province were operating minimally and irregularly, and the seven train routes were completely paralyzed.
The provincial transportation plan for 2026 anticipates only 11 million trips, compared to the 18 million planned for 2025, which were only fulfilled at 75%.
Nationally, public bus transportation has decreased by 14.2%, and interprovincial buses are operating with only one daily departure. In Havana, all urban routes were suspended in February 2026.
The fuel crisis in Cuba worsened after the capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, which halted the thousands of daily barrels of Venezuelan oil that the island was receiving.
As an alternative, the authorities in Ciego de Ávila implemented four electric tricycles and a 14-seat minibus for medical transfers, a response that contrasts sharply with the scale of the collapse that Rey Dry Belén Chamorro's "reality show" documents chapter by chapter.
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