A total of 5 private vehicles for transporting passengers were fined this Sunday in the city of Santiago de Cuba for charging abusive prices to the population.
These are 4 private vehicles and one leased that charged prices that reached up to 500 pesos and, in one of the cases, "did not have the prices visible to the population,"official sources from that territory reported.
The breakdown of the fines is as follows:
- Bus leased charging 500 pesos Bayamo-Santiago, fined 8,000 pesos.
- Private vehicle, charging 600 pesos Holguín-Santiago, was fined 10,000 pesos.
- Private vehicle, charging 200 pesos Palma-Santiago, was fined 8000 pesos.
- Private vehicle, which did not have prices visible to the population, was fined 5,000 pesos.
- Private vehicle, charging 20 pesos Calle 4 -Boniato, was fined 8,000 pesos.
The fines on private transporters in the midst of rampant inflation are not exclusive to Santiago de Cuba. The General Directorate of Transportation imposedmore than 5,000 fines for drivers in Havanabetween last June and July, after the entry into force of the new rates for passenger mobility by the private sector.
Private transporters stated that the new prices are unsustainable for them, that they have the same difficulties as other Cubans in satisfying their basic needs, and must buy at high prices the fuel and spare parts that the state does not sell.
The imposition of new prices It was also applied in other provinces, such as Matanzas and Cienfuegos.
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