Posted on 04/30/2023 12:45:05 PM PDT by dynachrome
Cuba's communist government has cancelled Monday's traditional May Day parade because of acute fuel shortages.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people are bussed in from across the island to fill Havana's Revolution Square on International Workers' Day.
It is the first time since the 1959 revolution that the celebrations have been cancelled for economic reasons.
In recent weeks long queues have formed at petrol stations, with drivers often waiting for days.
Earlier this month, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Cuba was only receiving two-thirds of the fuel it needs, adding that suppliers were failing to fulfil contractual obligations.
While Cuba has access to low-grade crude, the US-sanctioned island lacks the facilities to process it.
Deliveries of higher quality crude from Venezuela, Cuba's largest provider of fuel, have dropped by 50% in recent years.
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The true Labor Day is in September!
Gee, when you stop paying for oil people stop delivering it! Crazy how that works!
That’s good. They can go to all-electric sooner.
Caesar Chavez granddaughter is Biden’s Campaign Manager.
Paradise!
I’m gonna hold my laughter until I see if there’s an Independence Day parade in DC this year.
Yo, Miguel just seize an oil tanker passing through the Florida straits. Won’t take much diesel or cajones.
Our uncle Joe here won’t do squat.
Hey, the Persians did last week in the Stait of Hormuz.
Let’s go Brandon.
5.56mm
Years ago, long before Castro, Cuba used to be one of the wealthiest countries.
Stupid Commies have no resourcefulness. There are alternatives to gas guzzling planet killer cars....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skeg3Y6sptg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCGUL2hfIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc3QomvwwC0
“It is the first time since the 1959 revolution that the celebrations have been cancelled for economic reasons.”
Communism works until you run out of other people’s money!
Car mavens, help, please.
Does this look like a 1950 Chevrolet? Or what?
https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/3553-nsh/1950-chevrolet-styleline-convertible-restomod
Also, Cubans will be told shortly that no gas engine cars will be allowed by the United Nations in Cuba. All electric.
Canadian sex tourists hardest hit.
May 1 should be International Victims of Marxism Day.
In the 2030’s, ‘40’s and ‘50’s and beyond, the streets of California will be filled with cars from the 2020’s.
The same headline will apply to California 10 years from now
Cars built in the 50s were built to last.
Today’s cars, not so much.
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