Cuban authorities explain the causes of the liquefied gas shortage in the country and clarify rumors about its sale in dollars and the duration of the crisis.
After more than 50 days without a liquefied gas supply, the people of Sancti Spiritus received an institutional response on the issue. The Gas Trading House in Sancti Spiritus offered an official explanation about the situation, through statements given by its director, José Alberto Martínez, to the radio newspaper One Step Further, news from Radio Sancti Spíritus.
According to Martinez, “There is no inventory available nationwide.”, and the fuel distributed from the Cienfuegos refinery is primarily destined for “vital sectors such as health and education”.
When asked about the possible restoration of service, he was clear: “We don’t know the exact date”, recognizing the uncertainty that weighs not only on the population of Sancti Spiritus, but on all of Cuba.
The executive also categorically denied some rumors that have circulated on social media and in community groups: “It is not true that gas will be sold only in dollars.”, he said. He added: "We also do not confirm that the shortage will last until 2026.".
Martinez stated that, as soon as the product is available, the sale will resume immediately in the province.
CUPET SELLS BALITAS IN SOME PROVINCES
In the last few hours, authorities from Petróleos de Cuba (CUPET) announced el gradual start of sales of liquefied gas cylinders in some provinces of the country. Specifically, in Las Tunas, 400 pellets have been distributed in the Jesús Menéndez municipality, according to the Base Business Unit (UEB) for Fuel Distribution in an official statement posted on Facebook.
In this scenario, complaints about the black market, where some citizens report prices of up to 30.000 CUP per cylinder, a prohibitive figure for many Cuban families, especially retirees.
The truth is that uncertainty continues to spread throughout the country. From Havana, where the problems began last December, citizen L. María expressed her frustration on social media: “Absolute silence on liquefied natural gas. We don't know what to expect.”"And no one, no manager of the Liquefied Gas Company, can provide information to the people and tell us if we won't have more of the famous liquefied gas, since so many of us have had to buy electric stoves."
At least in Sancti Spíritus, there is already confirmation: there is no available inventory of liquefied gas nationwide.
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Each time, it is a justification, one lie after another, the population is the one that suffers because with these blackouts, we have to guess. Instead of evolving, we are devolving. We are like in the time of the cavemen.
I completely agree. We mean nothing, so they think we don't even deserve an explanation. We're less than a flock of sheep.
The electricity rate has to be lowered so that someone can cook with electricity or they will be affected without being able to do anything and more so the blackouts with which we cook. To top it all off, who pays for gas in dollars? If here nobody, nobody earns dollars, this country is communism playing with the dollars of capitalism.
Why does a province have to provide that information if it is a national problem?
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The problem is that electricity rates are increasing due to the use of electricity for cooking, which is not the fault of the population. An adjustment should be considered, given the power outages and the lack of liquefied gas. The rate is excessive. So what?
lie after lie, there is no gas, there is no response, gas is another issue, after the lack of electricity, medicines, water, food in Mexico, etc. etc., why is my question, Cuba, such a beautiful country has become only blockade and more blockade, with the morning at 200 pesos per pound.
There is no truth in what is explained, in the end it is better to say that the country does not have funds to pay for the gas import, nor for that,
And how do you cook with that explanation? What we need is gas. Not explanations, that's not enough to cook or feed us. Stop lying.
Where 50 days ago I bought it on 2/02/26, last time I had bought it in November and there are still customers who haven't bought it and it was due in December
Please, until when, if we don't have gas or electricity, we can't cook, without any explanation or solution. There are children, there are elderly people.
We can comment on the lack of respect for gas cylinders when cooking with electricity and power outages. How can we cook if we live in a building with coal? If the sack costs a thousand pesos or more and a retiree earns 1578. After having worked for 34 years, how long can we endure?
At my gas sales point in Santa Cruz del Norte, around 200 zucchini were sold at the beginning of April, and then they disappeared. The shipment was in January before this one. This country isn't serious, not even with the information they put out; it's a disaster.
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