Havana/The row of vehicles extended on Thursday several blocks around the gas station, located in line with Calle E, in Vedado Habanero. Two days later That the prohibition of selling special gasoline in national currency will be announced, customers face long lines and lack of supply in the servicentes that sell in foreign exchange.
“I have already gone through two gas stations that sell in Fulas But they have no special, “he said discouraged 14ymedio A client who first approached the service of streets 17 and L, and subsequently went to El Tángana. In both cases he ran into regular gasoline in Cuban pesos. To acquire the product, of worse quality and poorly valued by customers for their impurities, it is still necessary to make a virtual row in the Ticket application or other digital channels for several days.
“I thought that as it was in dollars it was going to be easier and there would be a better supply,” said the driver who finally ended up marking in the line of the linestation of line and E. like him, dozens of drivers expected to pay 1.30 dollars the special liter. The majority were owners of modern cars, more demanding with the quality of gasoline, but there were also taxis and some rental cars destined for tourism.
Unlike the 90s, when having dollars opened doors that were closed to the Cuban weight, the new dollarization is not accompanied by privileges and, even, it has inconveniences that do not suffer in regular gas sales sales, since many dispatch depending on shifts established in Telegram channels.
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Now paying in the American currency does not exempt from the wait under the sun, it does not prevent electricity from cutting and the service suspends the service and does not guarantee that after a long tail is reached to buy the fuel. In the words of an overwhelmed driver who explored the panorama this afternoon in front of the model: “You pay with the currency there but you continue to suffer the problems here.” While talking, the man directed his finger in the direction of the Malecon, that physical and symbolic barrier that separates the habaneros from the world out there.
