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PINAR DEL RÍO, August 13 (Víctor Rolando Arroyo, UPECI /
www.cubanet.org) - Thousands of residents in the 30 towns in rural Sandino
municipality, Pinar del Río province, saw their transportation options
go from bad to worse when one of the two buses remaining in service was stopped
for lack of tires last month. Ten towns now have no bus service at all.
Popular Power (local government) officials say the tires are not forthcoming
because they don't have hard currency to buy them.
On August 6, the bus covering the route between Las Martinas and Ciudad
Sandino was taken out of service to be used by a military unit. As a result,
more than 150 workers did not make it to work and lost the day's wages. Local
officials kept mum when confronted by the numerous citizens' complaints, said
local labor activist David Reyes Estrada.
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