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Until 1997, contacts between tourists and Cubans were de facto outlawed by the Communist regime. [4] [5] Following the collapse of Cuba's chief trading partner the Soviet Union, and the resulting economic crisis known as the Special Period, Cuba's government embarked on a major program to restore old hotels, remaining old pre-communism American cars, and restore several Havana streets to their ...
Travel by Americans to Cuba screeched to a virtual halt. Family remittances fell by two-thirds because of U.S.-imposed limits. With Cuba reeling from COVID-19, ...
Those planning to travel to Cuba have been asking questions on social media as visitors and relatives of those on the island have been sending much-needed supplies.
Sanctions, which Cubans call “the blockade,” prevent Americans from traveling to Cuba as tourists, but Europeans and many others visit Cuban beaches and other attractions all the time, as if ...
Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act is the name of three bills introduced into the United States Congress which would allow U.S. citizens to engage in unrestricted travel to Cuba for the first time since 1963. The first bill, H.R. 5022, was introduced into the 107th Congress House of Representatives in June 2002 by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz) with 37 ...
President Obama arrived in Cuba for a three-day visit on March 20, 2016. [87] Obama headed a delegation of between 800 and 1,200, including businesspeople and congressional leaders who had helped in establishing the 2014 normalization deal. [88] Obama was the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. [88]
Tourist numbers to Cuba have almost halved since the high point of nearly five million visitors during the Obama-era détente with Cuba. Between 2015-2017 US visitors flocked to the island under ...
Obama's visit to Cuba was the first by an American president in more than 80 years. Beginning in 2013, Cuban and U.S. officials held secret talks brokered in part by Pope Francis and hosted in Canada and Vatican City [88] [89] [90] to start the process of restoring diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States. On 17 December 2014 ...