Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross maintained that "Cuba remains communist, and the United States, under the previous administration, made too many concessions to one of our historically most aggressive adversaries.
These are external links and will open in a new windowRelations between the US and Cuba have long been intertwined. Since 1960, the US has maintained an economic embargo against Cuba. Entry Requirements Travel to Cuba for tourist activities remains prohibited by statute.
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"The State Department announced that "going forward, the United States will prohibit US travelers from going to Cuba under the previous 'group people-to-people educational' travel authorization.
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""The federal government should not be policing where Americans go on vacation.
"Today's news is especially damaging for the Cuban people, particularly the burgeoning Cuban private sector, who rely on American travelers to support their businesses and families. It is the main obstacle to our development and a flagrant violation of the human rights of all Cubans," Rodríguez Parilla said in a tweet.
However, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued general licenses for 12 categories of travel. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement that the restrictions are a result of Cuba continuing "to play a destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up US adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua by fomenting instability, undermining the rule of law, and suppressing democratic processes.
"The tightening of the US blockade against Cuba and its extraterritorial implementation is and the sovereignty of all States. The United States embargo against Cuba prevents American businesses, and businesses with commercial activities in the United States, from conducting trade with Cuban interests. Fidel Castro has outlasted 10 US presidents A State Department spokesperson for Western Hemisphere affairs said the new restrictions "on US passenger and recreational vessels, including cruise ships and yachts, and corporate and private aircraft, steers American dollars away from the Cuban regime, and its military and security services, who control the tourism industry in Cuba." However, Americans can travel to Cuba if it is covered under specific categories, which included organized group travel, known as group people-to-people travel, until Tuesday. Oct 2003: US President George Bush announces fresh measures designed to hasten the end of communist rule in Cuba, including tightening a travel embargo to … Here are key moments in ties between the two nations: It was subsequently resolved when the USSR agreed to remove the missiles in return for the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey.The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sitesThe SpaceX capsule touches down off Florida, in the first crewed US water landing in 45 years. The Cuban revolution: A key event in the 20th Century
These are external links and will open in a new window The last decade has seen the U.S. tighten and then relax restrictions depending on the political climate. Commercial flights from the US will continue to be permitted as they "broadly support family travel and other lawful forms of travel," according to the spokesperson.The Trump administration announced plans to further restrict travel to Cuba in April, when White House national security adviser John Bolton said the Treasury Department would "implement further regulatory changes to restrict non-family travel to Cuba." Our core freedoms should not be held hostage by politicians for naked partisanship," said James Williams, president of Engage Cuba.