Although private taxi drivers in Havana decided to temporarily suspend the silent strike that they had been carrying out since last December 7, after the Government promised, unofficially, a moratorium on the measures that limit their work, evidence has remained on social networks that show deserted streets.
"We will make a boulevard on Neptuno Street", reads in this short 20-second video, in which you can see Neptuno Street, one of the busiest streets for boat drivers on their route to El Vedado, practically converted into a pedestrian street.
The regulations that the Government issued for private transporters They began to be applied experimentally in Havana last October. Among the purposes, to dissuade the 6,119 private holders with transportation operating licenses from buying fuel on the left.
However, since then the transport crisis worsened and taxi drivers organized a silent strike in protest.
Boat drivers consider that taking advantage of one of the only three license options enabled by the Government: free (with limitations), on the road and high comfort or classic car, as well as submitting their vehicle to a technical inspection, is a way to limit his work.
The drivers warned that they would be stopped, not working, and that they would hand over their licenses when the measures came into force.
On December 6, the Government announced changes that indicated a relief in some of the measures that were scheduled to come into force on December 7. Among them, it stands out that self-employed workers will be able to carry out more than one activity, as well as the elimination of the limit of 50 seats for cafes, bars and private restaurants, among others.
They also paused the application of controversial Decree 349, with which they intended to censor Cuban art and artists, pending the publication of "complementary regulations." Meanwhile, the boat owners hope that the relief measures will also reach their sector.
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