Florida's public universities shut out of move to loosen Cuba travel restrictions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Sst. Petersburg Times

Florida's public universities shut out of move to loosen Cuba travel restrictions
By Janet Zink, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 06:43 PM

TALLAHASSEE — Academics around the country hailed the move last week by President Barack Obama's administration to loosen travel restrictions to Cuba. But there was no celebrating by scholars at Florida's public universities.

A 2006 state law prohibits them from using state money or tapping into their budgets for travel to countries considered "terrorist states" by the federal government, Cuba being one. (The others are Iran, Sudan and Syria.)

The rule applies both to state funding and non-state funds administered by public universities.

Margaret Miller, director of the University of South Florida Institute for Research in Art, calls the law an "embarrassment."

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/article1146883.ece

[molly77]

1. Hypocrisy when we owe China so much money

and our trade agreements with them. I am sure China is way more brutal than Cuba.But none of them are as brutal as WE are.