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The Provincial Government of the People's Power of Las Tunas announced the cancellation of the Agro-commercial Fair scheduled for this Saturday, citing that they do not have the necessary fuel to gather and transport food products from the municipalities to the provincial capital.
The tunero government blamed the "economic suffocation policy imposed by the United States government against Cuba" and concluded the statement with the hashtag #TumbaElBloqueo, thanking the population for their "understanding."
The text sparked an avalanche of furious comments that pointed to an inconsistency impossible to ignore, because that very Friday, the regime mobilized dozens of public transport buses to transport people to the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribuna in Havana, in a show of support for Raúl Castro led by Miguel Díaz-Canel and called for by the Union of Young Communists.
In Las Tunas, special morning meetings were also organized at institutions to support Castro, all while the provincial government publicly acknowledged that it did not have fuel to transport food.
Cubans did not let the irony go unnoticed. "There is no fuel to transport food to the people, but there is fuel to move the people forced to march and endure the sun," wrote one commentator.
The stands are starting now even though there is no fuel
Despite the fuel crisis in the country, the Cuban regime has called for open forums across Cuba from this Saturday, May 23, until June 3, the date on which Raúl Castro Ruz turns 95 years old.
This strategy is the government's response to the criminal charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against the former president for the shooting down of the Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996.
Canal Caribe stated that the mobilizations aim to "condemn the despicable and infamous action of the United States Department of Justice against the leader of the Cuban Revolution, and to support the Declaration of the Revolutionary Government."
What Cubans think about the use of fuel for political campaigns
Cubans have expressed strong criticism of the government. One comment was straightforward: "All the fuel was used up on Friday. It ran out, and there can't be any for the important things."
A Cuban asked what many were thinking: "How is it that there is no fuel, but the buses to transport people for the march had it?"
Critics also pointed to the privileges of the nomenclature. "Take away the fuel from the officials of the PCC and the Provincial Government. They have plenty to get around," noted another comment.
Someone else suggested: "Contribute the salaries of all public officials to support the people, as that is their purpose: to serve the Cuban people."
A commentator summarized the regime's logic with sarcasm: "Perhaps if they held fewer political events, there would be fuel left to transport the people's food. It seems to me, and I believe to the rest of the workers in this country, that food is the most essential thing."
The Ministry of Transport announced new cuts in the sector on May 16, exacerbating a crisis in mobility and supply distribution that the regime continues to attribute to the embargo while allocating its limited resources to support political events.
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