Cubans queued for hours for public transport on Friday at peak times in Havana, ...
HAVANA - Cubans queued for hours for public transport on Friday at peak times in Havana, sweating in the heavy heat, while queues at gas stations snaked several blocks long, as a fuel shortage that the government blames on U.S. sanctions began to bite.
He warned Cubans on Wednesday on state television of difficult times ahead as U.S. attempts to block fuel shipments to Communist-run Cuba meant there would be less diesel than usual available this month. The Trump administration’s tightening of the decades-old embargo on Cuba’s already inefficient state-run economy has only worsened its economic situation and ability to pay for energy from elsewhere.
Some PDVSA ships, including the Manuela Saenz, Icaro, Terepaima and Yare, have had to complement the fleet.
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