Bureaucratic Procedure: Granma

The Communist Party Dept: The decree that takes effect Jan. 14 will eliminate a much-loathed bureaucratic procedure that has kept many Cubans from travelling or moving abroad, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Under the new measure announced in the Communist Party daily Granma, islanders will only have to show their passport and a visa from the country they are travelling to and hAVANA, Cuba -- The Cuban government announced Tuesday it will eliminate a half-century-old restriction that requires citizens to get an exit visa to leave the country. "These measures are truly substantial and profound," said Col. Lamberto Fraga, Cuba's deputy chief of immigration. "What we are doing is not just cosmetic." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.