http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?category_id=5&parent_id=0 News from Cuba en-us Caribbean Net News editor@caribbeannetnews.com http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=9233 <img height="80" alt="" hspace="5" src="http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news/_files/Image/04july/raulcastro-tn.jpg" width="60" align="left" vspace="2" border="1" />HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Moving to reduce dependence on costly food imports, President Raul Castro has authorized putting vacant farmland in private hands, communist Cuba's state media reported Friday. Previously, the only private landholdings allowed were small family plots held prior to 1959. 2008-07-19