Cuba to liberalise taxi trade

Cubans with classic American cars – or even rusty Russian sedans – are being encouraged to apply for taxi licences and set their own prices for the first time in nearly a decade as the communist government turns to the free market to improve its woeful transport system.

Cuba to liberalise taxi trade

Cubans with classic American cars – or even rusty Russian sedans – are being encouraged to apply for taxi licences and set their own prices for the first time in nearly a decade as the communist government turns to the free market to improve its woeful transport system.

Under regulations published this week, Cuba is applying a larger dose of supply-and-demand to an economy that remains 90% under state control.

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