January 12 (Bloomberg)—Cuba’s government will begin licensing private cab drivers to
operate in cities for the first time since 1999 in the latest effort by President Raul
Castro to liberalize the communist island-nation’s economy. Urban cab drivers will
be allowed to negotiate rates with passengers, based on “supply and demand,” according
to a resolution passed Dec. 22 by the transportation minister, published today
on the government’s Official Gazette Web site.
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