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By Keith Fernandez
“A large number of [‘study-tour’] programs are for a short duration, allow for limited interaction with the Cuban people, and include lengthy unscheduled time periods to permit largely tourist activities to be accomplished. Such travel does not promote a genuinely free exchange of ideas between Cubans and American students.” – Commission for [...]
When it comes to U.S.-Cuba matters, I’ve seen a lot in this area since I moved here in the 1990s. Some of it serious, others like this latest gem, downright bizarre. These people are either totally ignorant or, more likely, are going out of their way to make a political statement that they do not support U.S. economic sanctions on the [...]
In my day I’ve seen a lot of creative uses of U.S. government general licensing authority for travel to Cuba. But the latest batch of trips that have sprung up since the Obama Administration liberalized the Cuba travel regulations, well, might as well just call it tourism. Keep in mind that travel to Cuba by [...]
There is a battle brewing in the U.S.-Cuba public policy arena and no one in this town who can do something about it is paying any serious attention to it. If someone fails to take up this issue, U.S. taxpayers owed billions of dollars by the Cuban Communist government will, as usual, be left holding [...]
I posted the following response to a blog entry at the always entertaining and informative Export Law Blog. In contrast to the usual subject matter of the DC Dispatches, most of the following discussion in this post is kind of in the weeds (you’ve been warned). You may want to read the Export Law Blog
While gaming could be good for Cuba once it is free — as she will need to offer it to compete with other Caribbean islands, including Puerto Rico — this is something for a free Cuba to decide
I have read a lot of odd things in my day about U.S.-Cuba policy. Some [...]
