The price of oil is half of what Venezuela needs to feed its citizens, who for the most part do not manage to eat them three times a day, but the regime of Nicolás Maduro continues to supply fuel faithfully to Cuba although it does not receive dollars for the barrels sent to the island, publishes El Nuevo Herald . “For Maduro is a priority, and we know from different sources, keep the volume to Cuba. They are not sparing their efforts to meet that goal and are doing everything they can to maintain that commitment to Havana, “former PDVSA manager Petróleos de Venezuela said from Miami.
It is a commitment that subtracts funds that are urgently needed to import food in Venezuela, where only 3 percent of the population is eating three times a day and 52 percent say they only eat once, according to recent surveys that illustrate The magnitude of the crisis in that country.
Data provided by oil expert Jorge Piñón, based on official PDVSA figures, show that the South American country supplies Cuba with the equivalent of 87,000 barrels per day of oil and derivatives with an estimated value of $ 1.467 million. By 2016, it is estimated that the volume of crude shipped decreased slightly to the island in the midst of the severe Venezuelan crisis and the gradual fall in production in the country, but conservative estimates put the total crude oil and products close to 70,000 barrels a day Said Piñón, director of the University of Texas Energy Program in Latin America and the Caribbean.