Argentina Refuses to Supply Fuel to Cuban Planes
Argentina Refuses to Supply Fuel to Cuban Planes
<p>The companies invoked provisions of the U.S. blockade to not supply the Cuban aircraft.</p>
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Cubana de Aviacion flights to Buenos Aires were canceled because fuel suppliers in Argentina refused to serve the airline.
The companies have invoked "provisions of the United States blockade against Cuba" to not supply the aircraft of the Cuban state airline.
Additionally, this measure has affected other airlines contracted by Cubana de Aviacion, preventing them from fulfilling commitments to passengers.
This surprising decision took place despite the Cuban flights being approved by the Argentina's National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC).
In response to this situation, the airline has decided to assist affected passengers in Cuba by sending them back on flights operated by other airlines connecting to Argentina. Other passengers will be eligible for a full refund of their airfare. ⠀
During the first quarter of 2024, the Cuban airline transported 3,221 passengers with an occupancy rate of 61 percent. The number of Argentine travelers to Cuba increased by 44 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 12,753 people.
This is stupid. They have never invoked this before. What the fuck Argentina.
They are sucking up to the US. First the NATO non membership partnership thing and now this.
I still never understood what Cuba actually did that makes the US sanction them to this day. As far as I can tell they were a neutral country actually leaning slightly in favour of the US right up until they were suddenly branded communist (in the soviet sense) and more or less pushed into Russias arms.
I'd love to know what the domestic spin is on this.
What specifics is he promising this will deliver domestically? I can't imagine Buenos Aires is on Putin's shortlist even without the threst of NATO, and it's not like Americans are goung to start beating the doors down for Argentine imports.
There's tactful good relations, and then there's "sempai notice me". Although, the Cosplay Crusader may well be familiar with that trope.
Argentina is getting shittier and shittier under Milei
Sounds like milei lmao
While Milei doesn't have a lot going for himself, in this case it could also be that the companies supplying the fuel have some US component / have more to lose from not having access to American markets than they gain from supplying that airline, and it is the US government to blame.
The US blockade of Cuba is, of course, very hypocritical; there have been human rights abuses in Cuba relatively recently (e.g. the crackdown on peaceful July 11 2021 protestors), but if that is grounds for continuing sanctions of an unrelated industry for links to that country, then if there wasn't a double standard the US should firstly be sanctioning Israel for years of brutal repression and apartheid in Israeli-occupied Palestine, and secondly be sanctioning itself for the police crackdowns on protestors calling for righting the wrongs in Palestine.
You would think a country doing crippling austerity would do anything it can to get visitors but nope.
I was in Miami International Airport two days ago and there was a direct flight to Havana Cuba. There are flights back and forth every day.
American operates more than 49 flights per week from Miami to Havana!. Also Miami to Santiago de Cuba and Varadero 5 days a week, and Santa Clara, Camagüey, Holguín 7 days a week.
Southwest operates flights from Fort Lauderdale to Havana 21 times a week. (3/day), additionally once daily from Tampa to Havana (twice on Saturday).
Delta flies Miami to Havana twice daily
United flies Houston to Havana once daily.
Source: I hope to visit soon and researched
Of course none of these are on Cuba's airline Cubana as I assume the US doesn't allow it.
The Havana to Buenos Aires route is also served once weekly by Euroairlines.
We're going to need an :argentina-cool: real fast.
For the non-Hexbears that means a variant of the
emojisWell, if Milei keeps at it soon you'll have IRL :argentina-cool: fingers crossed
Traitors.
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