Tag: Long queues

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 13:03 UTC

  Hard-time “Special period” creeping back in Cuba, diesel shortage and long queues

  

  Havana awoke on Thursday to long lines at gas stations and public transportation stops after President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned fellow Cubans to expect fuel shortages and blackouts that he blamed on US sanctions.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Rationing, long queues and empty shelves in Cuba as the economy heads to recession

  

  As long lines outside shops with mostly bare shelves are increasingly common in Cuba, and the government has indeed signaled that things are going from bad to worse, Havana is blasting president Donald Trump's administration for the hardship and misery.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Long queues and fuel rationing in oil rich Venezuela; Army sent to “cool” angry tempers

  

  Soldiers oversaw rationing of gasoline at service stations in several parts of Venezuela on Sunday as worsening fuel shortages forced angry drivers to wait for hours to fill their tanks, prompting protests in some areas.