Travel to Cuba in December

October 8, 2019 Medea Benjamin 1

Dear friends, I want to personally invite you to travel with me to Cuba from December 14-21 (or December 14-18 if you can’t stay that long). We at CODEPINK set these dates to commemorate better times, when President Obama restored diplomatic relations on December 17, 2014, and to call for Read more

My fellow Americans, you should visit Cuba

August 30, 2019 The Seattle Times 0

Headlines about the Trump administration’s new travel restrictions to Cuba, notably the banning of cruise ships, will surely deter some Americans from visiting the communist country, and yet, it has never been easier, and I would say important for Americans to visit the island. Go to Airbnb and search Havana, Read more

RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA

August 27, 2019 ProximityCuba 0

Dear friends, Greetings from ProximityCuba! We are writing you to invite you to Cuba once again! As you may know the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)  announced that, as of June 5th 2019 travel to Cuba under the “People-to-People category” and by cruise ship are now forbidden.  As a Read more

The Perverse Logic of the New Cuba Travel Restrictions.

June 8, 2019 Sharon Wrobel 0

Since the latest attack on US- Cuba travel, there has been a flood responses pointing out that the policy doesn’t make sense because it will actually harm the very people the administration purports to support: the Cuban people. These new regulations eliminate the Group People-to-People Educational Travel from the list Read more

Trump just made it harder to travel and send money to Cuba

April 18, 2019 John Haltiwanger 0

“The Obama administration’s policies toward Cuba have enabled the Cuban colonization of Venezuela today.” The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new restrictions on travel to Cuba and on the amount of money Cuban Americans can send to relatives in the country. Former President Barack Obama eased restrictions on economic activities Read more