List of restrictions eased in Cuba
Posted on Wed, Apr. 02, 2008
HAVANA --
(AP) -- Since becoming president on Feb. 24, Raul Castro's government
has dropped some restrictions on daily life. Cubans can now:
-- Legally own cell phones.
-- Stay in luxury hotels or pay to use their gyms, hair salons and other
facilities.
-- Visit beaches, which had previously been reserved for tourists.
-- Rent cars.
-- Buy DVD players and other appliances; computers are to go on sale soon.
-- Cultivate unused state land with cash crops such as coffee and
tobacco. Farmers will also be permitted to buy supplies at state-run
stores without special permission.
And the government could soon:
-- Let Cubans travel freely nationwide -- and possibly internationally.
-- Increase the buying power of the peso, the currency most Cubans are
paid in.
-- Reduce restrictions on free enterprise that would allow more Cubans
to start their own small businesses.
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