The tangana, trench of the dissatisfied with the distribution of low gasoline in Cuba

Havana/“Ticket was created for embezzlement and crime, supported by a corporation led by military, but the party and popular power has a greater hierarchy, please finish removing it.” This overwhelming opinion, referring to the New application used to organize the sale of fuel In Havana by Cimex, of the Gaesa conglomerate and manager of the CUPET, it was not launched clandestinely or anonymously on social networks.

It is one of the thousands of comments that the Telegram group that was created to coordinate the ranks in the Tangana Servicenter accumulates Thursday. Pedro Garcés, one of his administrators last week, openly, “available to his 39,628 members, depending on common interests, always maintaining due respect.”

A day before, on Sunday, April 6, after a few days of a confusing “mixed” organization – by Ticket and by Telegram at the same time – and without mediating greater explanation, Garcés, which also coordinated the other services of El Vedado and the Social Group People de Barrio, reported that their task at the head of the Tangana, located in Malecón and Calle 15, and the gas station of 17 and L ended definitively.

“Ticket was created for embezzlement and crime, supported by a corporation led by military”

“It was months of intense work,” said the official, who thanked his “community working group” for accompanying him “in this and other ‘follies’ based on our people”, who, said, “they were, are and will be the true protagonists.” And his message concluded: “Always remember that the greatest stimulus is to serve others. Congratulations, brothers, and rest a little, that they deserve it, although they know that new tasks await us to continue pushing the country. We will overcome!”

In the following hours, hundreds of confused participants continued to leave their name and plate number, to score in the waiting lists to load fuel, as before. Automatically, they were blocked, while they were repeated: “Remember that there is no more listing, I don’t know why they are noted, please read.”

Those who did understand the first, left their free opinion about the operation of the platform, which from the same moment it was announced that it would be enabled for the capital’s cupet raised all kinds of suspicions. A few praised the new system (“Excellent option of Ticket. With Telegram it was very difficult for those who work and make guard”), but the overwhelming majority was against.

They had even made fun of those who pondered the application. Thus, who replied: “This is serious, a stretcher please” to which he explained: “Ticket is the best application to be able to supply fuel, the culeros and favoritism are over.”

“The best option was the lists. There were more possibilities for all”

Many expressed themselves soberly, saying simply that they liked the organization more through Telegram groups (the style “The Ticket platform does not work, better as Telegram was”), others argued the difficulties for age clients (for example: “For older people who do not know much about technology it is very cumbersome and cost us work, hopefully they took that into account”).

However, there were going further in their criticism. “You have to pay an application to throw gasoline, what madness,” wrote one, referring to the subscription required by Ticket (in three modalities: 14 days, for 12 pesos; 28 days, for 20, and three months, for 50, which can be paid by enzon or transfermobile). Along the same lines, another estimated: “The best option was the lists. There were more possibilities for everyone. But of course, how they didn’t have how to charge you and this application is paid, you already know.”

The commendations were not lacking at the work of Pedro Garcés and his team. “For Pedro and his group, very grateful for his selfless work. It is encouraging to see what people still exist with the characteristics shown,” said one. “I feel very identified with all the excellent activity of the directors of the Tangan Cupet, many pedros and their assistants in Cuba are needed,” said another.

At the height of Tuesday 8, when hundreds of comments have already accumulated, Garcés himself put an advertisement again: “attending to their concerns, opinions and complaints, we communicate with the Cimex Corporation and we transmit some of them. They have designated a group of colleagues to know through the group the concerns that you are expressing, it will not be interactive.”

“The one who invented the Safe Ticket application takes the gasoline by tank to the door of his house”

After explaining that they were asked to “send them their official channels so that you transmit considerations and proposals,” he set the telephone data and contact data of Cimex. And asked: “I beg you to be with the greatest respect. The intention will always be to respond to their requests.”

It was clear that there were governmental eyes watching the thread did not diminish the debate. “The one who invented the Safe Ticket application takes the gasoline through the door of his house, that does not pass work with the application or the tail,” said one. Another replied: “They always have their garages with gasoline.”

Someone affirmed that the establishment of the application was not “an unprepared phenomenon,” and wielded: “The goal is being fulfilled, which is rationing gasoline. More gasoline will not be, but at least they organize a schedule for shifts so as not to have to spend hours of tail, Telegram achieved it.” Some more was pragmatic: “Neither Telegram, nor Ticket, that gasoline is not lacking is what is needed.”

The announcement of the implementation of Ticket to buy fuel created such uncertainty, even Humberto López He had to issue a special program to explain its operation. The application, developed by Xetid (Information Technology Company), had already been used, without success, at the end of 2022, To try to fight COLEROS and resellers.

The Tangana group shows a crack between factions of the ruling party: Cimex intends Esther Lilian Pérez Trujillo– They have coordinated the ranks through Telegram.

Two weeks ago, Garcés denounced something to which he has not referenced again: that in the Cupet del Riviera they had observed “irregularities” and that lMilitary counterintelligence was harassing him. “Sadly it is what is proliferating a long time ago in my country and those same rapists who profit with what is not theirs (because as far as I know, Cimex is not yet private), they feel above laws and charges and they allow it. How much do you have to endure so much lack of respect and incommunication?”

Despite all criticism, Ticket continues

Despite all criticism, Ticket continues to spread. From this Tuesday, April 15, it works in the Cupet de Vento and Santa Catalina, in the municipality of Cerro; that of Porvenir and Bouza, in October ten; Alamar, in Havana del Este, and the umbrellas, in Guanabacoa.

This last gas station, one of those coordinated by Esther Lilian Pérez Trujillo, next to that of False Corral.

Last week he entered into force for two servicenters of the municipality of Ten of October – Alameda and Lagueruela – and two others from Arroyo Naranjo: La Lira and Managua. With them, they add 23 the gas stations that coordinate their sale through the platform: in addition to those mentioned, that of 23 and 24, Acapulco and G and 25, in Plaza de la Revolution; 5 and 112, Almendares, El Mar, Coyula, Tropicana, the efficient and Sierra, in Playa; Little giant and almendares, in Boyeros, and Infanta and San Rafael, in Centro Habana.

According to them Cimex statements Published by the local press, the goal is to reach 42 from here to June.

In the last hours the tone of the comments has been going down. None already puts its plaque. Users try to have a ticket, asking technical details, praising even being able to throw gasoline in this or that cupet. Maybe they are lost that above The voice of the people is heard. Maybe they fear, that same. Not surprisingly, one of them warned last Thursday, talking to the spokesman López: “Be careful what they write, that Humbertito is ending.”