Cuba Travel Ban

Former Sec. of State George Shultz: Quote Me - End the US-Cuba Embargo

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


Steve Clemons

Former Reagan Administration Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State George Shultz thinks that the US embargo against Cuba should "simply be lifted."

Quick Wit in Politics

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Margarita Alarcon

If there is one thing Americans have to be very proud of is their wit. The fact that the American sense of humor knows no bounds is indisputably an ab...

Why Can We Visit Kim Jung Il but Not Old Havana?

Jake Colvin | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


Jake Colvin

Restricting travel to Cuba severely limits the positive impact Americans can have abroad through everyday activities and interactions.

Travel - A Catalyst for Transforming the Relationship Between Cuba and America

Barney Harford | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


Barney Harford

The U.S. today has an historic opportunity to put aside half a century of division and build a new future with one of its closest neighbors by ending the ban on travel to Cuba.

Travel To Cuba On The Rise Among Cuban Americans

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


HAVANA (Reuters) - The number of Cuban Americans visiting Cuba is up 20 percent so far this year and will likely keep rising as Washington eases trave...

Swine Flu: Cuba Becomes First Country To Impose Travel Ban

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.29.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — The toll from the swine flu epidemic appears to be stabilizing in Mexico, the health secretary said late Tuesday, with only seven ...

My Hopes and Dreams for the People of Cuba

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


Rep. Bobby Rush

It is my fervent belief that by expanding trade, especially Internet-based technologies in Cuba, greater respect for human rights and the plight of Cuban dissidents will be addressed.

Cheney is Dead Wrong: Obama's Fundamental Reset of American Foreign Policy Will Make America Safer and More Prosperous

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Robert Creamer

Obama's recent trips to the G-20 and the Summit of the Americas have underscored his fundamental realignment of American foreign policy.

'Cruel' Cuba Embargo Must Be Lifted: Fidel Castro

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Tuesday the Obama administration's softening of sanctions is "positive although minimal," and criticized it for leavi...

Cuba Policy: Obama Should Extend Right To Travel To All Americans

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


Human Rights Watch

(Washington, DC, April 13, 2009) - President Barack Obama's executive order ending restrictions on Cuban-Americans' travel and remittances to Cuba is ...

Obama Lifting Cuba Travel Restrictions

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — In a measured break with a half-century of U.S. policy toward communist Cuba, the Obama administration lifted restrictions Monday o...

Raul Castro Meets With 6 Visiting US Lawmakers

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


HAVANA — Signaling its willingness to discuss improved relations with the U.S., Cuba on Tuesday granted three visiting members of the Congressio...

Cuba Travel Ban To Be Lifted: US Senators

Los Angeles Times | William E. Gibson | Posted 05.02.2009 | World


Reporting from Washington -- A bipartisan group of senators predicted Tuesday that Congress was ready to pass legislation to allow all Americans to tr...

Cuba Travel Ban Faces Growing Opposition

Washington Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


Roughly a year after Fidel Castro stepped aside and handed much of the responsibility for leading Cuba to his brother Raúl, there is new momentum i...