PhotosCuba Faces Severe Fuel Shortage, Leaving Drivers And Farmers Stranded In Exhausting Wait
Cuba Faces Severe Fuel Shortage, Leaving Drivers And Farmers Stranded In Exhausting Wait
Cuba is currently grappling with a dire fuel shortage, plunging drivers and farmers into a state of frustration and uncertainty. As they endure lengthy queues that stretch for days or even weeks.
Updated: 26 May 2023 1:04 pm
19Cuba Gas Shortage
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Rosa Lopez lights a charcoal stove to boil sweet potatoes and prepare scrambled eggs with tomatoes for her grandchildren, amid a gas shortage in Mariel, Cuba.
29Cuba Gas Shortage
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Rosa Lopez´s groceries, which she bought at the market, lay on a table at her home, amid a gas shortage in Mariel, Cuba. It has been more than a month since any cooking gas has been delivered to Mariel, so she cooks over a wood-burning oven and the overall lack of gasoline for transportation has made the price of food rise.
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39Cuba Gas Shortage
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Farm workers carry a tank of fresh milk to deliver it to a government store, known as a "bodega," in San Nicolas, Cuba. The ongoing fuel shortage on the island has worsened an ongoing food and medicine shortage in the country´s interior.
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Farm workers wait in line to refuel their tractors on the highway to Pinar del Rio, Guanajay, Cuba.
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59Cuba Gas Shortage
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A farm worker sleeps under a truck while waiting in line to refuel his tractor, on the highway to Pinar del Rio, Guanajay, Cuba.
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Surunvey Gonzalez poses for a photo at the government subsidized store, or "bodega," where she picked up her ration of bread in San Nicolas, Cuba.
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79Cuba Gas Shortage
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Rosa Lopez poses next to her refrigerator before preparing a meal for her grandchildren, amid a gas shortage in Mariel, Cuba.
89Cuba Gas Shortage
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People with suitcases walk along a highway in search of a bus or taxi in Catalina de Guines, Cuba. Cuba has been restricting fuel sales amid a gas shortage.
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A commuter vehicle is full of people on a highway where the shadows of people with luggage are cast as they wait for an available taxi or bus near Catalina de Guines, Cuba.