BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Drivers from Buenos Aires’ powerful taxi unions will take to the streets on Thursday to begin two days of protests against ride-hailing apps including Uber, which they claim operate illegally in the city.
The march on Thursday is expected to attract thousands of people. It will culminate at Plaza de Mayo, a historic focal point for protests of all kinds in Buenos Aires.
Argentina’s capital city lacks a specific regulatory framework for Uber, but the company maintains it obeys the country’s laws and pays taxes, and wants cities to pass ride-hailing regulations.
Lawmakers in Buenos Aires have largely sided with domestic taxi drivers, who say Uber fosters unfair competition as its prices are lower than those of city cabs.
To counter this, the city government has levied fines on Uber drivers and introduced obstacles, including an injunction by a judge that instructed some credit cards issued in Argentina not to process Uber transactions in Buenos Aires….
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