Cuba is currently moving towards normality after experiencing fuel shortages due to the tightening of the US blockade, which has been in force for almost six decades.
Since then, the government, at its different levels, has implemented decisions to confront the situation in order to minimize the impact on the population, maintain key social services and economic activities.
‘I think the situation has been ovecome, even without resorting to extreme measures,’ the president expressed yesterday chairing an evaluation meeting on the issue in Sancti Spiritus province.
Diaz-Canel pointed out that the gradual return to normality following the restoration of the fuel supply, will be accompanied by rearrangement actions in search of efficiency and savings.
As part of his tours of the country, the Cuban president is today visiting the Isle of Youth Special Municipality, where he learned of initiatives that allowed the distribution of basic foodstuffs in less time than in normal circumstances.
Prioritizing rail transport and other means that consume less diesel and gasoline are some strategies to continue applying.
The readjustment of schedules in some services and production areas in order to reduce electricity demand at peak times could also remain in place.
The president urged to prepare to recover from the delays caused by the interruption this month in the arrival of oil tankers, provoked by US attempts to cut off the fuel supply to the country.
It is a genocidal policy, denounced Diaz-Canel before the Trump administration announced this week additional sanctions on ships and companies supplying Cuba.
Popular understanding and participation turned out to be decisive in addressing this situation, Diaz-Canel stressed.
It is noteworthy in this regard that in many provinces, domestic energy consumption was reduced, not by means of programmed blackouts, but by energy saving measures implemented in homes and communities.(PL)
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