P. Fritz wrote:
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Calif Bill wrote:
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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.

150 WHAT? If you mean dollars, then he IS lucky. What you are blindly
omitting is the fact that it costs many times less for basic
necessities there. And I see that, as usual, instead of intelligently
debating a subject, that you resort to childish name calling. You
really shouldn't take your pathetic existence out on others. You may
need to visit some more support newsgroups for that. Why must you do
this? Are you bitter because you don't have the brain power to
accomplish basic parenting skills? Or is it because you aren't man
enough to keep your pathetic marriage together?

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