Cuba cancels workers' day parade as severe oil shortages bite

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Cuba cancels workers’ day parade as severe oil shortages bite

President says island is only receiving two-thirds of the petrol it needs as queues outside gas stations stretch miles

Ed Augustin in Havana
Sun 30 Apr 2023 09.30 BST
Last modified on Sun 30 Apr 2023 15.35 BST

There was a time when International Workers’ Day was marked in Cuba by parades involving more than a million people marching through Havana’s Revolution Square. Many came out of conviction, some because they were pressured, others to enjoy the party.

This Monday, however, the square will be empty, after the Cuban Communist party cancelled this year’s celebrations due to gasoline shortages that are crippling the island’s economy.

For weeks, motorists have been sleeping in their cars outside petrol stations in queues that stretch for miles and last for days.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel has said the island is only receiving two-thirds of the petrol it needs, and that the shortfall is due to supplier nations failing to fulfil their contractual agreements.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/cuba-workers-day-parade-cancelled-oil-shortages

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[Chainfire]

1. For my entire life we have been trying to beat Cuba into submission.

I think that it is long past time to change course.

[Judi Lynn]

2. I've read that the U.S. spends more in one day on defense than Cuba does in a whole year.

11.26 million oh so scary Cubans!

Help, run away, run away.

Absolutely obnoxious, petty, childish, and stupid of Washington and its ego-maniacal brats.