Juan O. Tamayo, Miami Herald-The U.S. Treasury Department has tightened a few of its restrictions on trips to Cuba by non-Cuban Americans on so-called “people to people” visits, saying that the revisions will “help to deter abuses.” Complaints of abuses of such trips — they must be for “educational” purposes,… read more »
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Tag Archives: freedom to travel
April 27, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Florida’s Foreign Policy and the eternal cynicism of the sunshine mind
In Florida, relations with Cuba are serious business. Ask Miami Marlin’s manager Ozzie Guillen, publicly shamed and forced to apologize to save his job for talking about Fidel Castro’s longevity. Or worse, ask Airline Brokers Company, a Coral Gables-based travel provider that recently helped fly 340 pilgrims to Cuba for… read more »
March 26, 2012
Cuban-Americans head to Cuba for pope’s visit
Laura Wides-Munoz, AP-Natalia Martinez speaks with a clinical distance when discussing her family’s decision to leave Cuba two decades ago. But the graduate student’s cool demeanor falls away when she speaks of returning to her homeland for the first time this week during Pope Benedict XVI’s historic visit. “I am… read more »
March 9, 2012
The U.S. rarely has a kind word for Cuba or its government. So, it was noteworthy this week when our State Department released its 2011 annual reports on drug trafficking and money laundering and Cuba received good marks for its counter-narcotic efforts. The brief section on Cuba in the report,… read more »
March 2, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast:Diplomacy and Double Standards; Rene Gonzalez’s Humanitarian Request
If you needed another reminder about the double standards of U.S. diplomacy relating to all issues Cuba, this week provided another powerful example. After weeks of conflict with Egypt, and tormenting days of impasse for the families of 16 Americans held in that country as part of a crackdown on… read more »
February 21, 2012
BWI flights to Cuba postponed until fall
The Washington Post – The lure of a mojito, the world’s most prized cigars, the rich Cuban culture and a chance to see the Pope were not enough to fill seats on what was to be the inaugural flight between Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport and Havana. The March 21… read more »
February 12, 2012
Florida-Cuba ferry plans stuck at the dock
Nearly two years after applying for a license to run a ferry between Port Everglades and Cuba, a Fort Lauderdalecompany still awaits government approval. Havana Ferry Partners wonders why it can’t get the go-ahead, when the Obama administration has authorized about a dozen U.S. airports to offer more charter flight to Cuba…. read more »
February 7, 2012
Sarah Stephens: “Cuba quer decidir seu futuro por si mesma”
ÉPOCA Magazine, Brazil – Sarah Stephens é diretora do Center for Democracy in the Americas há seis anos, desde sua fundação, e atua ao lado de políticos, jornalistas e entidades da sociedade civil na promoção de debates sobre a política externa dos EUA em relação à América. Segundo ela, o… read more »
February 6, 2012
Cuba people-to-people tours: So nice to meet you, Havana
Andrea Sachs, the Washington Post - Ludwig and I had the kind of relationship where I could ask him anything without fear of reproach. I questioned him about the rebellious rumblings of his youth, his wishes for the future and the state of his bathroom. “Ludwig,” I shouted from the third-to-the-last… read more »
February 6, 2012
Most Americans Willing to Re-establish Ties with Cuba
Angus Reid Public Opinion-A majority of respondents also wants to lift the travel ban that prevents most Americans from visiting Cuba. People in the United States are ready to change their country’s interaction with Cuba, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a… read more »
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