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Higgs Boson wrote:

On May 26, 9:42*am, Peter wrote:
On 5/26/2010 12:10 PM, harry wrote:

On May 26, 10:51 am, "Ed *wrote:
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How do you know it's not true as your gov. won't let you go and see
for yourself? Cuban health care is free to everyone. Even you if you
could get there.
You are another of the brainwashed.

At any given time, there are hundreds of US citizens in Cuba. Have a good
reason t go, fill out the forms, and you get permission. There is a also a
difference between free and good.

So, you need permission? *On what grounds might that permission be
rejected? *Why should you need permission anyway?

It's true. *It is illegal for the average U.S. private citizen to
travel to Cuba (e.g. for tourism) without explicit permission from the
Department of State. It's a legacy from the American foreign policy
towards Cuba (part of the blockade mentality) that was implemented in
the early 1960s, after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. *Isn't it great
how often we in this country (U.S.A.) complain officially (at the U.N.
and Dept. of State) and unofficially about other country's foreign
policies being stuck in the past? *Time for us to look in the mirror
and realize that we can be hypocritical too.

My understanding is that one can travel to Cuba but one cannot spend
money there.

One travels via Toronto or a Mexican city. Buy one ticket to that
destination and a new ticket to Cuba.

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I have friends in Canada, especially Toronto. One of them tells me that
he has vacationed in Cuba, and that some Americans do. They go to
Toronto, get a separate ticket to Cuba, and have Cuban customs stamp a
separate piece of paper for Americans to keep in their US Passports until
they return to Canada. Another thing my Cuba-vacationing Toronto friend
tells me is that Americans doing this trick are doing so in violation of
US law, and theoretically can be punished after returning to US.

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