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Cuba permits individuals to import mopeds

Cuban customs authorities have authorized individuals to import electric appliances and mopeds in a resolution eliminating the prohibition on such imports that had been in force since 2005. Resolution 143 published Monday in the island's Official Gazette sets forth that Cuban citizens traveling abroad may import refrigerators, air conditioners of any type or model, microwave ovens, stoves and ...
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Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Italian fencers Valerio Aspromonte and Giorgio Avola are heading a group of Olympic medallists to participate in the World Cups for the foil and sword, said the organizers of the event here Tuesday. Aspromonte and Avola, Olympic Champions in the foil by teams in London in 2012, are heading a high quality group, including other outstanding athletes from the Olympic ...
Leisure and pleasure Caribbean way of life

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has cited the "leisure and pleasure" way of life as one of the "anti-social" trends developing in the Caribbean in the past ...
Puma to sell gasoline-ethanol mix in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; A Swiss oil company says it will start selling regular gasoline mixed with ethanol as part of a pilot program in Puerto ...
Cooperation in Education Between Cuba and Angola Deepened

Luanda, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The perspectives to widen and diversify cooperation between Angola and Cuba in education are promising, especially in the technical-professional teaching level, said an Angolan official here Tuesday. Narciso Damasio dos Santos Benedito, Secretary of State for the Angolan Technical-Professional Formation and Teaching, received Cuban Ministers Council vice president ...

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Santo Domingo.- The National Control Drugs Agency (DNCD) on Tuesday said it busted a network of heroin dealers based in Sabana de la Mar (northeast), which sent "mules" to Puerto Rico through several airports and the Ferry. The ring was detected after the arrest of Juan de Dios Lopez while boarding the ferry to Puerto Rico, with 96 heroine capsules, while the handicapped Ney Sanchez ...
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Cuba permits individuals to import mopeds

Cuban customs authorities have authorized individuals to import electric appliances and mopeds in a resolution eliminating the prohibition on such imports that had been in force since 2005.

Resolution 143 published Monday in the island's Official Gazette sets forth that Cuban citizens traveling abroad may import refrigerators, air conditioners of any type or model, microwave ovens, stoves and electric ovens.

Also covered in the resolution are imports of electric grills and other electric home appliances such as shower attachments, deep-fryers, water heaters and toasters.

A regulation put in place in March 2005 prohibited the import of some of these electric appliances because at the time they were considered "high consumers" of electricity, but the new ruling nullifies the previous one.

Cuban citizens may now import two of each type of appliance. In the case of air conditioners, their capacity may not exceed one tonne, and the power requirements of imported ovens or electric stoves may not exceed 1,500 watts.

The document also sets forth that each citizen may bring up to two electric mopeds into the country, along with their parts and accessories, provided that their maximum speed does not exceed 50 km per hour and the motor's power does not exceed 1,000 watts. ...