Cubans can buy and sell property, Government says (death, visa, states)

[EdwardA]

Kind of ironic Cuba is becoming more capaitalist while nitwits in Che shirts squat in cities across America demanding communism.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/wo...t-says.html?hp

Cuba announced a new property law Thursday that will allow citizens and permanent residents to buy and sell real estate — the most significant market reform yet approved by the government of Raúl Castro, and one that will likely reshape Cuba’s cities and conceptions of class.

The new rules, which affect residential property only, will go into effect Nov. 10, according to Cuba´s state-run newspaper. The official article said more information would be forthcoming, but the bundle of released details confirm that the new law represents a major break from decades of socialist housing policy.

It states that moving will no longer be subject to government approval, that owners will be able to have two homes (a residence and a vacation home) and that purchases, sales, donations and trades will be recognized even in cases of “divorce, death or permanent departure from the country.”

[Skinny Puppy]

time to lift the embargo

[GreyDay]

It's breaking down slowly. If you can prove you have family, it's fairly simple to get a VISA. If you hop over from Jamaica, they don't stamp your passport either.