MIAMI, United States. – The Venezuelan opposition Maria Corina Machado denounced this Tuesday the undeclared shipment of fuel from Venezuela to Cuba. “The last of the looting of Venezuela: a new shipment of fuel ‘hidden’ for Cuba”, said the opponent on Twitter.
Machado stressed that, while the government of Nicolás Maduro sent fuel to Cuba, in the state of Bolívar, where the Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Power Plant is located, “the power goes out daily.” “In Anzoátegui, with enormous oil reserves and a large refinery, there is no gasoline (as in all of Venezuela),” added the opposition member.
“It turns out that these looters sent a hidden supertanker (VLCC) called NOLAN to Cuba, with more than 1.8 million barrels of fuel and a value of more than 100 million dollars,” Machado said.
The opponent, who added a screenshot to her Twitter thread, warned that “although the tanker reports that it is on the Nigerian coast, the satellite images show that it is in Cuba.”
As can be verified, Vessel Finder website locate the supertanker Nolan at a point on the coast of Africa.
“There is no money for teachers’ salaries, nor for pensioners, nor inputs for hospitals; but for Cuba -as always-, yes there is. Socialism is looting, hunger, misery, corruption and violence. For this reason, in Venezuela we are going to bury him forever, ”he concluded.
According to the news agency Reuters“Venezuela’s oil exports rose in March to the highest monthly average since August, buoyed by the resumption of shipments after the export freeze and by increased shipments assigned to Chevron Corp.”.
According to reports seen by Reuters, oil exports averaged 774,420 barrels per day (bpd) in March, the highest level since August, as state oil company PDVSA reinstated supply contracts that allowed it to ship more crude. and fuel in supertankers.
Venezuela also exported 276,000 metric tons of petroleum derivatives, a decrease from 347,000 tons the previous month and 727,000 tons in January, due to lower shipments of pet coke.
