The regime announces a criminal operation against the authors of “fake news that caused panic” in San Antonio del Sur

The regime’s highest authorities said today, Friday, that… A “malicious rumour” about the collapse of A San Antonio del Sur Dam It caused a state of panic and stampede among the residents, who had already been beaten due to the inaction of the authorities in that municipality during the passage. Hurricane Oscar. They announced a Investigation and criminal prosecution against those with false news.

“The National Defense Council decided so Authors of fake news about broken curtains at San Antonio del Sur Dam will be investigated and prosecuted for causing panic among affected residents And also psychologically after Hurricane Oscar passed.” Granma.

According to the memo, the “malicious lie” was “spread for clear evil purposes among the population.” Yoel Pérez García, head of Cuba’s easternmost defense council, was responsible for the denial. Fake news.

Yanette Marzo Manuel, general director of the Hydraulic Utilization Company at Guantanamo, told the Cuban Communist Party newspaper: Technical condition of Los Asientos Dam “optimum”“Without any malfunctions occurring in any element of its infrastructure, including the curtain, the water spillway, and the basin.”

He described the recent rainfall recorded upstream of the aforementioned reservoir built in 1991, which has a storage capacity of 17.5 million cubic meters of water, the amount it currently stores, as normal.

He said that The Los Asientos Dam is currently flowing at 21.7 cubic meters per secondThese, like the heavy rains that have fueled them in recent hours, are normal and do not pose any risk of flooding.

The disaster left by Hurricane Oscar as it passed east of Cuba It has left seven dead so faraccording to official figures. The authorities did not specify the number of missing people.

Cuban citizens rallied in the face of the desolate scenario at Guantanamo. Donations are pouring in, but there is a shortage of weapons and transportation, according to a young Christian who arrived in San Antonio del Sur with a shovel in hand to help remove the mud left in homes by floods.

He arrived in Havana by air on Saturday A A load of 1,498 kilograms of medicine And consumables, purchased with UNICEF fundsTo support medical care for 140,000 people, especially pregnant women, girls, boys and adolescents in Guantanamo, the district most affected by Hurricane Oscar.

According to the Official Gazette Granma, The purchased kits include medications such as analgesics, antipyretics, antibiotics and antifungals and “other useful supplies for emergency medical care.”

In Guantanamo, many public health institutions were destroyed by floods caused by Oscar. Especially in San Antonio del Sur, Emias, Baracoa and Macy. Infrastructure and supplies, which are already unstable and scarce in Cuba, have been damaged or lost outright.

For her part, The United Nations World Food Program announced a contribution of technical equipment and food units In order to restore the destroyed cities of Guantanamo. Activists in different parts of the island are collecting donations of food, hygiene, clothing and shoes for residents who already have significant needs without being exposed to the hurricane.