Exhibit 31.1


Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section
302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule
15d-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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In connection with the Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-QSB of The Havana Republic, Inc. (the
"Company") for the period ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Leonard Sternheim,
President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec.1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and pursuant
to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that:

1. I have reviewed the Report being filed;

2. Based on my knowledge, the Report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by the Report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in the Report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of,
and for, the period presented in the Report;

4. I and the other certifying officers are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in
paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-14) for the Company and have:

     i. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, if
any, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which the periodic reports are being prepared;

     ii. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of the Report
("Evaluation Date"); and

     iii. Presented in the Report their conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluation as of the
Evaluation Date;

5. I and the other certifying officers have disclosed, based on their most
recent evaluation, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the
board of directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent function):

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     i. All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Company's
auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

     ii. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal controls; and

6. I and the other certifying officers have indicated in the report whether or
not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that
could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of their
most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


Dated:  February 18, 2004

                                    /s/ Leonard Sternheim
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                                    Leonard Sternheim, President