Lamberto Fraga: President Raul Castro

Cuba Dept: A notice published in Communist Party newspaper Granma said that as of Jan. 14, islanders will only have to show their passport and a visa from the country they are travelling to, according to CTV. These measures are truly substantial and profound, said Col. Lamberto Fraga, Cuba's deputy chief of immigration, at a morning news conference. What we are doing is not just cosmetic, and requires 90 days to properly establish a series of regulations ... so it works well and there are no problems. HAVANA, Cuba -- The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will no longer require islanders to apply for an exit visa, eliminating a much-loathed bureaucratic procedure that for more than half-century has been a major impediment for many seeking to travel overseas. It is the most significant advance this year in President Raul Castro's five-year plan of reforms that has already seen the legalization of home and car sales and a big increase in the number of Cubans owning private businesses. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.