Ease on Cuban import restrictions?
July 5, 2007 at 4:28 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments
According to a friend of mine in Cuba, some items which were previously illegal to bring to Cuba are now being allowed. I don’t have a copy of the old pages (the Cuban customs regulations pages change several times a year), but you can, for example, compare the page from January 13th of this year to the current customs page. Pay special attention to the prohibited and regulated items list. The prohibited items list is much shorter, and many prohibited items have also been moved to ‘regulated’.
I’m more curious as to what prompted this sudden opening up of import restrictions.
Nothingness.
March 25, 2007 at 11:53 pm | In Uncategorized | 4 Comments
I haven’t posted here in over 3 months. I could make excuses about why, but the truth is far simpler - politics. I find it near impossible to talk / think about Cuba without talking about politics, which is something I’ve wanted to avoid doing here. I’m also a bit discouraged that my main project on the island has seem to hit a dead end.
If you have any ideas or would like to help, let me know…
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Return…
March 22, 2006 at 2:18 pm | In Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Well, I’ve been away for a while, but I promise to start writing (finish?) this trip report. I will likely be returning to Cuba within the next few months, so it makes sense to finish writing this before I start a new one… actually, I’ll be bringing my DV camcorder to Cuba next time… 
Unlike my last visit, I won’t really have a “mandate” so to speak - I’ll be on my own, and mostly just want to hang out in Havana and a couple other cities I liked (everywhere…), try to go to a Cuba-Linux meeting, take lots of photos / video, etc.
And despite succumbing to Japan in the final game, congratulations to Cuba’s baseball team for an incredibly strong showing. I had never been a baseball fan, but after watching Yadel Marti pitch, I just might start following it.
