United States Travel Restrictions Cuba

The Clinton administration on Tuesday authorized direct charter flights from Los Angeles and New York to Cuba, a step officials said will enhance "people to people" contacts without eroding Washington's four-decade-old economic embargo of the Communist-ruled island. Los Angeles International Airport and New York's John F.

When I left Cuba I left my life I left my love When I left Cuba I buried my heart. (Translated from Spanish, "When I left Cuba" by Luis Aguile, 1966, one of the most popular Cuban exile songs) In two days, Paloma Morales Rodriguez will inhale Cuba's intoxicating sea breeze and embrace her favorite first cousin at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, her 30-year fantasy come true. Cuba. Finally Cuba.

Retired pool-table salesman Dick Meyers of San Pedro wants to be clear: His upcoming trip to Cuba has nothing to do with research, journalism, a visit to relatives on the island or official U.S. business. The trip, in a word, is not for a purpose that the U.S. government would consider legal. "No, I'm going for vacation," Meyers says, removing a straw hat and folding his hands across his stomach complacently.

The Clinton administration on Tuesday authorized direct charter flights from Los Angeles and New York to Cuba, a step officials said will enhance "people to people" contacts without eroding Washington's four-decade-old economic embargo of the Communist-ruled island. Los Angeles International Airport and New York's John F.

When I left Cuba I left my life I left my love When I left Cuba I buried my heart. (Translated from Spanish, "When I left Cuba" by Luis Aguile, 1966, one of the most popular Cuban exile songs) In two days, Paloma Morales Rodriguez will inhale Cuba's intoxicating sea breeze and embrace her favorite first cousin at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, her 30-year fantasy come true. Cuba. Finally Cuba.

Retired pool-table salesman Dick Meyers of San Pedro wants to be clear: His upcoming trip to Cuba has nothing to do with research, journalism, a visit to relatives on the island or official U.S. business. The trip, in a word, is not for a purpose that the U.S. government would consider legal. "No, I'm going for vacation," Meyers says, removing a straw hat and folding his hands across his stomach complacently.