Cuban Government Authorizes Citizens To Buy, Sell Cars

Teni Sow | October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

Raul Castro is changing the way life works in Cuba, lentamente. According to Reuters, the island ruler sent several hundred reforms to the annual Commuist party congress, and one of them just approved now allows Cubans to buy and sell cars made after 1959. Previously, only cars that predated the island’s Communist revolution could be commercially traded by anyone not specifically given permission by the government.

That gives the 11-million-strong populace access to other makes like the Lada, Nissan, Isuzu and Mercedes-Benz models that the well-connected have been able to drive in the intervening 52 years. However, even though the new law states that owners can act “without any prior authorization from any entity,” it doesn’t mean it’s open season: there remain limits on things like importing and ownership of cars. Castro said the law will help ensure the survival of Cuban Communism.

Now they just need to address the fact that the average Cuban makes about $18 a month.

Join the forum discussion on this post

Make Current

RedditStumbleUponDeliciousTumblrDiggBlogger PostMister-WongLinkedInShare

Related posts:

  1. Cars Most Likely To Get A Ticket
  2. Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe DTM AMG OMG
  3. Vancouver Authorities Sieze $2M In Cars For Street Racing
  4. Castro 85th Birthday: Facts About The Former Cuban Leader
  5. Google Exec Praises “Magical Software” Working In His Mercedes-Benz

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Category: Auto

Comments (0)

Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed

There are no comments yet. Why not be the first to speak your mind.

Leave a Reply

«
»
Increase your website traffic with Attracta.com