HAVANA — Dany Pérez had invested 4 days in a line of lorries waiting to fill his truck with diesel he requires for the 900-kilometers (560-mile) journey from Havana to his house in eastern Cuba.
Taxi chauffeur Jhojan Rodríguez hadactually been waiting at another station even longer — it was nearing 2 weeks — however he was lastly near the head of the line of hundreds of automobiles in the Playa district of the capital.
Such lines have endupbeing progressively typical in Cuba, where authorities obviously haveactually been sendingout limited diesel fuel to power generation plants rather than fuel stations for lorries.
It’s not the veryfirst time the island has suffered fuel lacks, however it’s one of worst.
“I haveactually seen quite bad scenarios, however not like now,” stated the 46-year-old Pérez, who was consuming and sleeping in his 1950s-era Chevrolet truck, which he had equipped to haul some 40 guests.
Drivers in the lines have attempted to arrange themselves by producing lists of those waiting and upgrading them everyday as they wait for tanker trucks to gethere with fuel. Because of the lists, those who live neighboring can go house for spells — keeping track of any development through a WhatsApp group.
“I’m a expert taxi chauffeur. … I pay taxes, social security. I’m lawfully developed,” stated Rodríguez, the 37-year-old owner of a gold-and-white 1954 Oldsmobile whose damaged fuel engine at some point hadactually been changed with a diesel. “My house, my household depend on this diesel.”
The vehicle had run out of fuel and Rodríguez had to push it into the line. That was 12 days earlier. Authorities state motorists can just fill their tanks, however not other containers. For Rodríguez, that’s 60 liters (16 gallons), which he stated will last him 3 days.
The current fuel lack