Rubén Vargas Calvo

Rubén Vargas Calvo is the secretary general of the Unión de Taxistas Costarricenses (UTC) and a veteran in the taxi industry, having dedicated 50 years of his life to the profession. He has been vocal about the challenges the sector faces due to the emergence of ride-sharing platforms like Uber, which he describes as a 'terminal cancer' for traditional taxi services. Vargas emphasizes the need for stricter regulations to protect licensed taxi drivers and advocates for modernizing the taxi industry while maintaining equitable competition in the transportation market.