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FROM
CUBA
Water weights down bottled gas in Cuba
CIEGO DE ÁVILA, Cuba, February
12 (www.cubanet.org) - "This is incredible!"
said a Ciego de Ávila gas customer.
"Just 15 days ago I got the [bottled
gas] tank refilled, and I'm out already."
Many of his fellow customers would agree.
It turns out the gas tanks here are being
partly filled with water in a scheme to
divert some of the gas nobody knows where.
Cubans who use bottled gas, a rare privilege
where many have to rely on charcoal, oil,
or kerosene, are assigned a 100-pound tank
at stated intervals. The tanks may last
from one month to over two months.
Or used to. Now the 100-pound weight is
achieved by partially filling the tanks
with water, and customers don't realize
their gas allotment has been partially pilfered
until they run out prematurely.
What all would like to know, the authorities
included, is who exactly and at what level
of the distribution chain, is purloining
the missing gas?
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