U.S. tightens travel rules to Cuba, blacklists many businesses - Polidicks

[QUOTE] WASHINGTON — [B]Americans seeking to visit Cuba must navigate a complicated maze of travel, commerce and financial restrictions unveiled Wednesday by the Trump administration, part of a new policy to further isolate the island's communist government.[/B] Now [B]off-limits to U.S. citizens [/B]are dozens of Cuban [B]hotels, shops, tour companie[/B]s and other businesses included on a lengthy [B]American blacklist of entities that have links to Cuba's military, intelligence or security services.[/B] And most Americans will once again be required to [B]travel as part of heavily regulated, organized tour groups run by U.S. companies[/B], rather than voyaging to Cuba on their own. The stricter rules mark a return to the tougher U.S. stance toward Cuba that existed before former President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro restored diplomatic relations in 2015. [...] Trump announced his new policy in June during a speech in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, the cradle of Cuban-American resistance to Castro's government. The administration took several months to finalize the details of the new rules, which will take effect Thursday. The new policy [B]maintains several categories of travel to Cuba that are permitted despite the embargo[/B], which carries on decades after the Cold War's end. Americans can still travel on [B]educational and “people to people” trips as well as visits designed to support the Cuban people by patronizing privately owned small businesses that have popped up across the island[/B] in recent years. But those traveling to support Cuba's people[B] must have a daylong schedule of activities designed to expose them to Cubans and steer dollars toward citizens[/B], such as renting rooms in private homes. [B]Those on organized, “people to people” or educational visits must be accompanied by a representative of the U.S.-based group organizing the trip.[/B] There was no immediate reaction from Cuba's government. But the rules were quickly denounced by travel groups and proponents of closer U.S. ties to the island.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-us-cuba-travel-restrictions-20171108-story.html[/URL] [URL="https://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/cuba/cubarestrictedlist/275331.htm"][U][B]List of Restricted Entities and Subentities Associated With Cuba as of November 9, 2017[/B][/U][/URL]

Such a fucking waste of time and efforts. I bet money that this Trump trying to get back at Cuba for not letting him have a fucking hotel. "IF I CAN'T HAVE A HOTEL, THEN WE WONT STAY IN YOURS"

Making America Great Again, one dumb step at a time

[QUOTE=timothy80;52870822]Such a fucking waste of time and efforts.[/QUOTE] Chasing proven red votes in an important swing state is never a waste of time or effort for a Republican president.

Isn't this because of the sonic attack against diplomats? They've been slowly tightening the noose on travel there since then.

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;52871175]Isn't this because of the sonic attack against diplomats? They've been slowly tightening the noose on travel there since then.[/QUOTE] From the article [QUOTE]Officials insisted that the new, tougher rules had no connection to the attacks. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Raidyr;52871218]From the article[/QUOTE] Yeah but that could easily be BS. Either way it's disappointing to see things return to the status quo of the Cold War

One of the few Obama achievements so of course it has to be reversed. I am sure that's the only reason he hates Obamacare so much.