US Adds New Sanctions on Cuba Tourist Attractions
Source: Agence France-Presse
November 14, 2018 7:14 PM
Agence France-Presse
FILE - Tour guide Javier Rodriguez, left, speaks to tourists in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 18, 2018.
HAVANA
The Trump administration is adding new names to a list of Cuban tourist attractions that Americans are barred from visiting.
The 26 names range from the new five-star Iberostar Grand Packard and Paseo del Prado hotels in Old Havana to modest shopping centers in beachside resorts far from the capital. All are barred because they are owned by Cuba's military business conglomerate, GAESA.
Travel to Cuba remains legal. Hundreds of U.S. commercial flights and cruise ships deliver hundreds of thousands of Americans to the island each year. And nothing prevents the government from funding its security apparatus with money spent at facilities that aren't owned by GAESA and banned by the U.S. But the sanctions appear to have dampened interest in travel to Cuba, which has dropped dramatically this year.
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)iluvtennis
(19,882 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)"The Donald" knows everything! You don't get to be "The Donald" without being clairvoyant, and having a Russian sponsor named "Vlad the Impaler" keeping track of every American's activities at all times.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)His way of whining about the lift of sanctions that Obama did.
mastermind
(229 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)This is just more of the three 'R' shit, "Retribution, retaliation, and revenge".
BaronChocula
(1,610 posts)to assure no American violates those sanctions.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)small nations, displaced people, minorities, poor people and the disabled. They don''t have the guts to stand against anything their size in power or population.
That is part of how they gain audience: pound the hell out of powerless people, do a lot of strutting and harrumphing about it and then behave as if they've done something for the history books.
Trump is a perfect fit for the scheme.
In short, RepubliCons are evil......
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)Americans could not be vacationing tourists. Cuba, the government along with non-USA foreign investors, have built dozens of elaborate all-inclusive beach resorts where Canadians and Brits stay. US citizens are not allowed.
We were on an educational, people-to-people exchange. We visited a farm, schools, a medical clinic, rum manufacturer, and cigar plant. That allowed us to circumvent the rules.
I loved the country and the people rank in my book as some of the best in the world.
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)Old Havana (which is very small) is undergoing reconstruction.
New Havana is modern, clean, and attractive.
Are you gonna tell us that Americans arent allowed there too?
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)Although almost all buildings in Cuba have shabby painted exteriors, they are very nice inside. Paint is a luxury in Cuba thanks to the embargo.
The picture was taken from a private restaurant on a rainy day, overlooking a nearly deserted street.
Lots of new construction, including the luxury hotels mentioned in the article, in Havana.
What was the point of your comment?
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)All apologies for my tone.
I'm Cuban-American, and it grinds my gears to see this constant depiction of dereliction in Havana.
I mean, can you imagine media discussing major US cities and constantly using depictions like this ...
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)The people were super and so inventive. My heart breaks that the US has made their lives more difficult. I'm nuts about old things, buildings, cars, antiques, etc. I loved the old buildings.
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)Thanks for the positivity.
Nitram
(22,913 posts)we can go in Cuba? BULLSHIT!
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)Uh huh. The Castro boys force teachers to teach and doctors to heal. Otherwise, those professionals would do nothing, being commies n all.
Oh yeah, the brutal regime forces the playing children to smile too.
dembotoz
(16,864 posts)Or shopping bags
It would be great fun
And use them I would
onenote
(42,782 posts)And you would be hard pressed to find logo products for any commercial enterprise (other than government-owned Havana Club rum). Dont get me wrong- I loved Cuba and its people and plan on returning in a couple of years).
Just a Weirdo
(488 posts)with will be hit back with karma.
All of Shitgibbon's EO will be null and void the minute we get a new President in 2020.
Then Shitgibbon will be financially and legally ruined for life. And a black mark in our history, and forgotten.
Nitram
(22,913 posts)How easy it was to elect a demented sociopath. How easy it was to elect a president who would fill every post with sycophantic incompetents and take every opportunity to enrich himself at the expense of the US taxpayer.
Never to be forgotten!
Just a Weirdo
(488 posts)Hitler, Jong Un, Idi Amin, Stalin, etc..
Nitram
(22,913 posts)are that he was not a Rasputin, or a Stalin, or a Pol Pot. He's just a greedy, ignorant, idiot.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Is the Cuban government going to say I can't pay them cash to stay at one of their resorts because Trump said so?