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
(Score: 5, Insightful) by julian on Friday June 16 2017, @08:27PM (8 children)
How many more decades do we have to try this before the jingoists admit it doesn't work? Instead they've maintained a hate-boner for the Castros so long it's turned into priapism. At this point the Republican party hardliners are insisting we stick to the old policy out of nothing more than spite. The rest of the world has moved on and are getting down to profitable business while we're shut out.
What went wrong with the world that left-wingers like me have to lecture "conservatives" about the benefits and liberalizing effects of free trade and open markets? This is mad.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by RamiK on Friday June 16 2017, @08:47PM
As long as Trump, Phil Ruffin, Carl Icahn and Sheldon Adelson stay in the casino business.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @09:03PM (4 children)
They went full retard in their quest to fight the PC culture. Guess they should have paid more attention to the memes!
(Score: 4, Insightful) by julian on Friday June 16 2017, @09:13PM (3 children)
Some liberal college students 1000 miles away have silly ideas about gender so I have to vote for a corrupt, incompetent, game show host to save Western Civilization! Also have I mentioned we're the party of Lincoln? Care to buy a water filter?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @10:05PM
Hey man, their brave actions have prevented me from getting raped in public restrooms at least 138 times. Now if only they could make headway on the other issue... those damn gays destroying my marriage! Every time the gays marry at least 20 kittens get divorced. And don't get me started on those people sitting near me on the bus.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @01:06AM (1 child)
You are being disingenuous as fuck and you know it. The last presidential election had nothing to do with SJWs and everything to do with the fact that Trump was running against the corrupt as fuck and ruthlessly competent Darth Clinton. Hillary is so rotten that even Donald Duck could have won against her.
(Score: 2) by julian on Saturday June 17 2017, @01:09AM
Absolutely, and I hear she's a serial killer, too. Smells like sulfur! We really dodged a bullet, I tell ya.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 16 2017, @09:15PM
Pretty much the party in a nutshell.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @12:01AM
What do you propose? Give them more money?
Oh no, don't mistake it for hate. Why is Cuba even getting free money anyway?
Lol, I'm not even left leaning, but lay off the coolaid will you?