México envía 80.000 barriles de combustible a Cuba para aliviar sus apagones
México enviará 80.000 barriles de combustible a Cuba a través de dos buques, en un intento por aliviar la severa crisis de apagones que afecta a la isla en medio de la incertidumbre sobre el suministro petrolero venezolano
TL;DR
- Two ships from Mexico, Ocean Mariner and Eugenia Gas, will deliver 80,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba.
- Cuba is experiencing power outages of over 20 hours daily due to an energy crisis.
- The crisis is caused by breakdowns in obsolete power plants and a shortage of foreign exchange for fuel.
- Venezuela, Cuba's main oil supplier, has reduced shipments due to US pressure.
- Mexican oil shipments to Cuba have previously caused friction with the United States.
- Some Venezuelan oil destined for Cuba is reportedly resold in Asia.