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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: 3, Insightful) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Saturday June 17 2017, @11:00AM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday June 17 2017, @11:00AM (#526906)

    ...if they actually are idiots, and they refuse to pay attention to that fact, rude and loud protestations are emphatically called for. I do not see a problem here...

    I see two possible problems:

    (1) if you go down to their level they might beat you by experience*;

    (2) the sight of a philosopher starting a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent is... not edifying.

     

    *Not mine, I wish it was, but I saw it somewhere on the interweb.

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    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
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