List of restrictions eased in Cuba

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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