Limitations in the acquisition of components for the transportation of cargo and passengers stand out among the damages of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba to this sector in the province of Holguin.
The siege includes monetary restrictions imposed on the Caribbean nation, which hinder the purchase of fuel, tools and parts that allow the start-up of vehicles, Wilmer García Ramírez, director of the Transportation Company of the eastern territory, told ACN.
Economic blockade affects the transportation sector in Holguín
This means that the technical availability coefficient, which is currently at only 40 percent of the existing means, is affected and, therefore, the activity and the itineraries demanded by the population are reduced, he explained.
García Ramírez pointed out that among the main problems is the lack of supplies such as batteries and tires, which have not arrived for about a year, and in addition to these causes of paralysis, there is the lack of oils and greases for maintenance.
Other resources of lesser importance, but vital for the improvement of the vehicle fleet, are belts and industrial gases used to solve common breakdowns, which are scarce in the domestic market and have high import costs through third countries, he said.
Economic blockade affects the transportation sector in Holguín
The executive commented that innovation is the fundamental source of the solution to these obstacles, thanks to the sense of belonging and responsibility of the technical personnel, whose work has made it possible to maintain important services such as the transfer of the basic food basket, assistance to hemodialysis patients and the mobility of people to prioritized routes.
On February 7, 1962, the U.S. government approved the Foreign Aid Act which allowed the implementation of the criminal blockade against Cuba, which has caused millions of dollars in economic damages and prevented the development of several social sectors of the country.
With information by Claudia Laura Rodríguez Zaldívar – ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo
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