"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
My daughter's college friend went to visit family in Cuba about 5
years ago.
She kissed the ground on returning to the USA. She said it was
very
depressing seeing the poverty and living conditions of the
people.
Her
people are probably common folk as opposed to the upper echelon
group, close
to Fidel, that the Canadian's live among.
Bill

Horse****. You've been progammed by too much propaganda.


You are the one programmed by propaganda. this is the comment of a
21 year
old young lady on returning from a legal trip to Cuba. If you have
family,
you may legally visit even if a US citizen.

Yeah, sure, we believe you, Bill.......
You don't need family there to visit, by the way. Just go to Mexico,
then to Cuba. It's done all of the time, people have vacations of a
lifetime there, what with it being just a huge slum and all....!!!!


Where is the "legally" part of your visit? And if you stay in Havana or
the
other 1 or 2 locations open to foreign visitors without family, you
probably
see a really nice area.

Once again, asslicker shows why he is the 'King of the NG idiots'

Of course the gated resorts are up to US/European
standards.........meanwhile the bartender considers himself lucky to make
150 a month.

ENTRY/EXIT REQUIREMENTS/TRAVEL TRANSACTION LIMITATIONS : The Cuban Assets
Control Regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department require that persons
subject to U.S. jurisdiction be licensed to engage in any transaction
related to travel to, from, and within Cuba. Transactions related to tourist
travel are not licensable. This restriction includes tourist travel to Cuba
from or through a third country such as Mexico or Canada. U.S. law
enforcement authorities have increased enforcement of these regulations at
U.S. airports and pre-clearance facilities in third countries. Travelers who
fail to comply with Department of Treasury regulations will face civil
penalties and criminal prosecution upon return to the United States.

Licenses are granted to the following categories of travelers and they are
permitted to spend money for Cuban travel and to engage in other
transactions directly incident to the purpose of their travel under a
general license, without the need to obtain special permission from the U.S.
Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC):

a.. Journalists and supporting broadcasting or technical personnel
(regularly employed in that capacity by a news reporting organization and
traveling for journalistic activities)
b.. Official government travelers on official business.
c.. Members of international organizations of which the United States is
also a member (traveling on official business).
d.. Travelers who have received specific licenses from OFAC prior to
going.
e.. Full-time professionals whose travel transactions are directly
related to research in their professional areas, provided that their
research: 1) is of a noncommercial, academic nature; 2) comprises a full
work schedule in Cuba; and 3) has a substantial likelihood of public
dissemination.
f.. Full-time professionals whose travel transactions are directly
related to attendance at professional meetings or conferences in Cuba
organized by an international professional organization, institution, or
association that regularly sponsors such meetings or conferences in other
countries. An organization, institution, or association headquartered in the
United States may not sponsor such a meeting or conference unless it has
been specifically licensed to sponsor it. The purpose of the meeting or
conference cannot be the promotion of tourism in Cuba or other commercial
activities involving Cuba, or to foster production of any bio-technological
products
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p.../cis_1097.html