U.S. approves first ferry service to Cuba in decades

[Mika]

U.S. approves first ferry service to Cuba in decades

The U.S. administration approved the first ferry service in decades between the United States and Cuba on Tuesday, potentially opening a new path for the hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of millions of dollars in goods that travel between Florida and Havana each year.

Baja Ferries, which operates passenger service in Mexico, said it had received a licence from the Treasury Department. Robert Muse, an attorney for Baja Ferries, said he believed that other ferry service petitions had also been approved. The Treasury Department said it could not immediately confirm that, but Florida-based Havana Ferry Partners told the Sun-Sentinel newspaper that their request for a licence had also been approved.
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The Cuban government made no immediate comment on the news and it is far from clear that it is willing or able to allow a major new channel for the movement of goods and people between the two countries.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. It should be wonderful seeing these water beasties get underway.

I'll bet they will be busy all the time.

Thanks, Mika.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. Cuba, add it to the LONG list of acheivements in the face of the greatest political

obstruction known in political history

Thanks Obama