US Adds New Sanctions on Cuba Tourist Attractions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

November 14, 2018 7:14 PM
Agence France-Presse



FILE - Tour guide Javier Rodriguez, left, speaks to tourists in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 18, 2018.

HAVANA —
The Trump administration is adding new names to a list of Cuban tourist attractions that Americans are barred from visiting.

The 26 names range from the new five-star Iberostar Grand Packard and Paseo del Prado hotels in Old Havana to modest shopping centers in beachside resorts far from the capital. All are barred because they are owned by Cuba's military business conglomerate, GAESA.

Travel to Cuba remains legal. Hundreds of U.S. commercial flights and cruise ships deliver hundreds of thousands of Americans to the island each year. And nothing prevents the government from funding its security apparatus with money spent at facilities that aren't owned by GAESA and banned by the U.S. But the sanctions appear to have dampened interest in travel to Cuba, which has dropped dramatically this year.

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. OK, now-- how in bloody hell can the US government tell me where I can't stay down there?

[iluvtennis]

3. Agree.

[SergeStorms]

5. Oh, "The Donald" knows......

"The Donald" knows everything! You don't get to be "The Donald" without being clairvoyant, and having a Russian sponsor named "Vlad the Impaler" keeping track of every American's activities at all times.

[Honeycombe8]

2. This is ridiculous.

His way of whining about the lift of sanctions that Obama did.

[mastermind]

4. more fascist "rules" to ignore nt

[Brother Buzz]

6. Cuba snubbed the orange anus when he tried to develop a hotel in Cuba

This is just more of the three 'R' shit, "Retribution, retaliation, and revenge".

[BaronChocula]

7. Now Send Troops....

to assure no American violates those sanctions.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. Republicans love to pick on guys with little power or voice.....

small nations, displaced people, minorities, poor people and the disabled. They don''t have the guts to stand against anything their size in power or population.

That is part of how they gain audience: pound the hell out of powerless people, do a lot of strutting and harrumphing about it and then behave as if they've done something for the history books.

Trump is a perfect fit for the scheme.

In short, RepubliCons are evil......

[sinkingfeeling]

9. I toured the whole island in June. We were told the rule was

Americans could not be vacationing tourists. Cuba, the government along with non-USA foreign investors, have built dozens of elaborate all-inclusive beach resorts where Canadians and Brits stay. US citizens are not allowed.

We were on an educational, people-to-people exchange. We visited a farm, schools, a medical clinic, rum manufacturer, and cigar plant. That allowed us to circumvent the rules.

I loved the country and the people rank in my book as some of the best in the world.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

13. Nice that you chose to post that picture of a decrepit Old Havana street.

Old Havana (which is very small) is undergoing reconstruction.
New Havana is modern, clean, and attractive.
Are you gonna tell us that Americans aren’t allowed there too?

[sinkingfeeling]

19. No, I chose to post one of my favorite photos of mid-town Havana.

Although almost all buildings in Cuba have shabby painted exteriors, they are very nice inside. Paint is a luxury in Cuba thanks to the embargo.

The picture was taken from a private restaurant on a rainy day, overlooking a nearly deserted street.

Lots of new construction, including the luxury hotels mentioned in the article, in Havana.

What was the point of your comment?

[Mike Rows His Boat]

20. Its just that most all the pictures I see of Cuba are of shabby very old buildings in disrepair.

All apologies for my tone.

I'm Cuban-American, and it grinds my gears to see this constant depiction of dereliction in Havana.

I mean, can you imagine media discussing major US cities and constantly using depictions like this ...

[sinkingfeeling]

21. Sorry to have gone on offense. I was very impressed with Cuba.

The people were super and so inventive. My heart breaks that the US has made their lives more difficult. I'm nuts about old things, buildings, cars, antiques, etc. I loved the old buildings.

[Mike Rows His Boat]

22. You didn't. I knee jerked. Apologies.

Thanks for the positivity.

[Nitram]

10. I thought Cuba was supposed to have the totalitarian government? Our government is telling us where

we can go in Cuba? BULLSHIT!

[Mike Rows His Boat]

15. Because we all know that high quality ed and healthcare are hallmarks of totalitarianism.

Uh huh. The Castro boys force teachers to teach and doctors to heal. Otherwise, those professionals would do nothing, being commies ‘n all.

Oh yeah, the brutal regime forces the playing children to smile too.

[dembotoz]

11. I would love to get t-shirts from those places

Or shopping bags
It would be great fun

And use them I would

[onenote]

12. I was in Cuba earlier this year

And you would be hard pressed to find logo products for any commercial enterprise (other than government-owned Havana Club rum). Don’t get me wrong- I loved Cuba and its people and plan on returning in a couple of years).

[Just a Weirdo]

14. Keeping in mind that whatever sanctions Trumpy comes up

with will be hit back with karma.

All of Shitgibbon's EO will be null and void the minute we get a new President in 2020.

Then Shitgibbon will be financially and legally ruined for life. And a black mark in our history, and forgotten.

[Nitram]

16. Not forgotten. A warning to the nation about how easily we can start on the road towards fascism.

How easy it was to elect a demented sociopath. How easy it was to elect a president who would fill every post with sycophantic incompetents and take every opportunity to enrich himself at the expense of the US taxpayer.

Never to be forgotten!

[Just a Weirdo]

17. I fear that Trump will be among his favorite named dictators..

Hitler, Jong Un, Idi Amin, Stalin, etc..

[Nitram]

18. None were as mindlessly narcissistic and incompetent as Trump is. We will neve foget how lucky we

are that he was not a Rasputin, or a Stalin, or a Pol Pot. He's just a greedy, ignorant, idiot.

[Flaleftist]

23. How exactly does the US enforce this?

Is the Cuban government going to say I can't pay them cash to stay at one of their resorts because Trump said so?