Cuban authorities sought to reassure jittery citizens this week that recent powe...
HAVANA - Cuban authorities sought to reassure jittery citizens this week that recent power outages and a fuel shortage were due to temporary problems that were being fixed rather than a broader decline in the economy under heavier U.S. sanctions.
Sporadic shortages of basic goods are common in the cash-strapped, centrally-planned economy, but have picked up over the past year, with items like flour, chicken and milk becoming scarce for weeks and sometimes months. Tomás Pérez Álvarez, the head of sales at state-owned oil company Cuba-Petroleo, confirmed on Friday on the midday news broadcast on state television that there had been a deficit in fuel distribution, which he said would be fixed by next week.
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