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~ 18/09/06
The porteadores or contract drivers plan another demonstration for Tuesday, and transport officials are ready to crack down by ticketing and towing the vehicles.
The porteadores are the drivers who rely on a clause in the commercial code to keep their work legal.
Unlike licensed taxi drivers, the porteadores are supposed to take people from door to door and not find customers on the street.
A measure in the Asamblea Legislativa would eliminate the commercial code clause and make the work of the porteador illegal. Taxi drivers like this idea and have staged road blockages in support of the measure.
Porteadores say 7,000 families all over the country depend on their income.
With higher gasoline prices and higher tax fares, customers are fewer, and taxi drivers are feeling a pinch. They blame the porteadores and call them nothing more than piratas.
Porteadores staged a protest Sept. 5 where they shut down or constricted major traffic routes. A similar effort is expected for Tuesday, and officials from the Policía de Tránsito and the Ministerio de Obras Pública y Transporte say they will respond with vigor.
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