<div>See some news articles pasted below...</div><div><br></div><div>Notes : I am curious to understand how much private property each citizen is entitled to in Cuba ?</div><div>What is the current context regarding citizen owned cooperatives, and peer production ?</div>
<div>What I do hear about once in a while regarding Cuba, is urban agriculture and permaculture - brief context and recent history :</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/polis-blog/15580/origin-permaculture-cuba">http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/polis-blog/15580/origin-permaculture-cuba</a></div>
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110416/ap_on_re_us/cb_cuba_party_congress"></a><br><div>excerpt :</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><i><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
"he ( Raul Castro ) has<b> rejected dozens of suggested reforms that would have allowed the concentration of property in private hands.</b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
But he also strongly backed a lineup of economic changes which together represent a sea change for Cuba's socialist system, including the eventual <b>elimination of the ration book and other subsidies, the decentralization of the economy and a new reliance on supply and demand in some sectors.</b>"</p>
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/17/raul-castro-cuba-fixed-terms">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/17/raul-castro-cuba-fixed-terms</a></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Ra�l Castro proposes 10-year term limits for Cuba's politicians</font></h1><p></p></i></div></div>