Cuba Prepared For Arrival Of
Spilled Oil
HAVANA - Cuba is getting prepared for a
possible arrival on their shores of the
spilled oil expanding through the Gulf of
Mexico, a senior official said on Tuesday.
General Ramon Pardo, chief of Cuba's Civil
Defense, told reporters that experts from
Venezuela's state oil company Petroleos sent
by President Hugo Chavez will help Havana
face the threat of the oil spill caused by
the explosion and sinking of an oil rig in
April, considered the worst environmental
disaster in U.S. history.
"They are specialists with much experience,"
Pardo said at the Eighth International
Congress on Disasters held in Havana.
Pardo Guerra, who inaugurated on Tuesday the
Congress, said the island is "creating all
the conditions, and getting its population
living in coastal areas prepared for the oil
spill."
"We are preparing to do everything we can,
and, of course, we are ready to be supported
by those who have more experience in this
field in order to be able to face a possible
disaster, there is no other choice,"
Espinosa said.
He recalled that Cuba has experiences in
dealing with "small spills" involving ships
and tanks, but not to face a disaster of the
magnitude of the current one in the Gulf of
Mexico.
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