Cubans with classic American cars — or even rusty Russian sedans — are being encouraged to apply for taxi licenses and set their own prices for the first time in nearly a decade as the communist ...

I have two buddies who drive taxis. One is my across-the-street neighbor Rod, who drives a modern Yellow Cab all over Birmingham. The other is Israel, who drives a dull blue 1952 Ford Customline Coupe ...

Cuba's streets bustle with American-built automobiles from the 1950s. Many of these cars are taxis. Cuba's new President Raul Castro is lifting a nine-year ban on new private taxis. The new rules ...

Jose Obdilio Duran's '57 Chevy has holes in its mottled floor, a passenger window that can't be rolled up and no inside panels on its doors. But the 71-year-old retiree wants to put the old car to ...

Jose Obdilio Duran’s 1957 Chevy has holes in its mottled floor, a passenger window that can’t be rolled up and no inside panels on its doors. But the 71-year-old retiree wants to put the old car to ...

It seems Cuba is something everyone knows both everything and nothing about. If someone were to say "Cuba" to a group of hot rodders, they'd probably conjure up images of old '50s-era cars driving ...

Men drive old cars, used as taxis, Friday in Havana. Cuba’s government has begun the distribution of permits to legalize the use of private cars as taxis, in order to help ease a transportation crunch ...

Cubans with classic American cars - or even rusty Russian sedans - are being encouraged to apply for taxi licenses and set their own prices for the first time in nearly a decade as the communist ...

HAVANA — Dany Pérez had spent four days in a line of vehicles waiting to fill his truck with the diesel fuel he needs for the 560-mile trip from Havana to his home in eastern Cuba. Taxi driver Jhojan ...

I was at a party last May in Havana, hosted by an American expat and her Cuban husband. Guests spilled from their open doors onto a lush patio with low loungers while a DJ played a mix of European, ...