Maduro's regime to support reconstruction of Cuban port affected by fire

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday that Venezuela will support Cuba in the reconstruction of its only supertanker port in Matanzas, which was destroyed by a fire after lightning struck a crude oil storage tank.

Maduro ordered Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami and PDVSA President Asdrubal Chavez to contact the corresponding Cuban authorities "to initiate the design of the reconstruction of the supertanker yard," he said during an act of recognition to Venezuelan firefighters.

"We are going to design where it will be built, where the cargo yard will be and begin construction," added the Venezuelan president.

“Vamos a diseñar dónde se construirá, dónde estará el patio de carga y comenzar la construcción”, agregó el mandatario venezolano.

#EnVivo 📹 | Acto de Reconocimiento al Personal Experto de PDVSA que participó en la extinción del incendio en la hermana Cuba. https://t.co/1ODKPxbzZl

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 17, 2022

Mientras tanto, el régimen de Miguel Díaz-Canel aseguró este miércoles que aunque se logró recuperar 754 fragmentos de huesos tras el incendio, que corresponderían a las 14 personas desaparecidas, no podrá identificarlos.

Meanwhile, Miguel Diaz-Canel's regime claimed on Wednesday that although 754 bone fragments were recovered after the fire, authorities will not be able to identify them. Currently, there are 14 missing individuals. 

Forensic doctor Jorge Gonzalez, who led the forensic experts who searched for the remains of the missing persons, said in a press conference that "it has not been possible to make an absolute identification of the remains found."

"So what we have explained to the relatives is that we have 14 groups, but they cannot be named," Gonzalez said.

The Cuban government has not released estimates of the economic cost of the disaster, which left 16 people dead, two of them identified, and 132 injured, 17 of whom are still hospitalized.

The Castro government declared Thursday and Friday as days of national mourning.