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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 resort beaches that 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 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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