On 10/29/2005 2:15 PM Sarah Banick plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger
and said:
>> How hard is it for American to travel to Cuba? Say I want to visit
>>Havana to drink me a Mojito! Will the U.S. government let me go?
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>Here we go again.....
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>Under U.S. law, it is legal to GO to Cuba. But you are not allowed to spend
>any money there, and there's the rub. And that said, the US doesn't make it
>easy for you to get there. It's not impossible, because you can go through a
>foreign country (Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, etc), but if it strikes you to do
>that, take plenty of cash (no US backed credits cards, etc.), cover your
>tracks (don't walk off a plane from Havana and immediately go to a U.S.
>flight), and be willing to deal with the circumstances if the US government
>does find out. Quite a few Americans do it every year, but it has become
>more difficult under the current administration.
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>Unrequested opinion: It's stupid. This pissing contest has gone on 35 years
>too long.
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Sarah,
I agree. The ironic thing is that in grade school we were told the
difference between us and Cuba, Russia, China is that the US doesn't
restrict travel of it's citizens. This not spending money in Cuba law
is a de facto travel restriction. Unless you're a Buddhist Monk or an
India Holy man, who travels without spending some money?
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