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posted by CoolHand on Friday June 16 2017, @07:24PM   Printer-friendly

President Trump has placed some restrictions on travel to Cuba, but has not entirely undone the changes that former President Obama made in his second term:

In an overhaul of one of his predecessor's signature legacies, President Donald Trump will redraw U.S. policy toward Cuba on Friday, tightening travel restrictions for Americans that had been loosened under President Barack Obama and banning U.S. business transactions with Cuba's vast military conglomerate.

Trump's changes are intended to sharply curtail cash flow to the Cuban government and pressure its communist leaders to let the island's fledgling private sector grow. Diplomatic relations reestablished by Obama, including reopened embassies in Washington and Havana, will remain. Travel and money sent by Cuban Americans will be unaffected, but Americans will be unable to spend money in state-run hotels or restaurants tied to the military, a significant prohibition.

Editorials for and against the rollback.

Previously: Deal Will Allow Up to 110 U.S. Flights to Cuba Daily
President Obama Visits Cuba
USA Ends "Wet Foot/Dry Foot" Policy for Cuban Migrants


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @08:01PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @08:01PM (#526589)

    Trump's regime murderous? Missed that tweet.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @08:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @08:24PM (#526602)

    “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Mr. Trump said, as the crowd began to boo. He quickly added: “Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”

    Regarding using nukes:

    Well, it is an absolute last stance. And, you know, I use the word unpredictable. You want to be unpredictable.

    "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."

    Who in their right mind would say something like that? Oh right, a murderous tool.

    "You know what I wanted to. I wanted to hit a couple of those speakers so hard. I would have hit them. No, no. I was going to hit them, I was all set and then I got a call from a highly respected governor... I was gonna hit one guy in particular, a very little guy. I was gonna hit this guy so hard his head would spin and he wouldn’t know what the hell happened...

    Not so murderous, but clearly unhinged violence.