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Cuba Plans to Lift Foreign Travel Restrictions

Cuba Plans to Lift Foreign Travel Restrictions, El Pais Reports

By Sebastian Boyd

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Raul Castro plans to lift Cuba's restrictions on foreign travel, El Pais reported, citing unidentified people close to the government.

Cubans will no longer need special permission to leave the island or a legalized letter of invitation after the rules are introduced in the next days or weeks, the newspaper reported.

Cubans have previously had to obtain a so-called white card, a process which could take months with no guarantee of success, the newspaper reported.

The white card will now be restricted to some government officials, members of the armed forces and some others, such as recently qualified doctors, the newspaper said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Sebastian Boyd in Santiago at sboyd9@bloomberg.net