Santa Cruz Begins Anniversary Month Amid Unresolved Diesel Crisis

Santa Cruz is beginning its anniversary month with diesel queues still dominating daily life. Civic institutions are preparing celebrations and businesses are looking toward Expocruz, but producers and transport operators remain focused on finding fuel.

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We need an immediate supply of diesel

At the request of affiliated groups, the Pro Santa Cruz Committee is preparing an Assembly of Santa Cruceñidad to decide what action to take. Its expanded board will set the date, while the National Civic Movement is due to discuss measures related to shortages reported in other departments as well.

Committee president Stello Cochamanidis called for immediate supplies and said private companies should be allowed to participate without restrictions. Producers are also demanding that the government repeal Supreme Decree 5676.

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The only solution to what we are going through is for the government to allow private companies, without restrictions, to supply fuel to the country

YPFB president Sebastián Daroca said Santa Cruz has 17 million liters of diesel available and that the state company has an open communication system to report where fuel is being distributed. He said YPFB had addressed 10 points agreed two weeks earlier, although some remained in progress.

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Today in Santa Cruz we have 17 million liters of diesel and we have an open communication system to report where it is being distributed

The dispute now centers on distribution rather than declared supply. Daroca said the authorities needed mechanisms to ensure fuel reaches small producers. Presidential spokesman José Luis Gálvez also acknowledged logistical difficulties and declined to promise that the queues would disappear within a week, saying, “The results will speak for us.” For affected sectors, however, the immediate test is whether diesel reaches their tanks.

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The results will speak for us