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In reply to the discussion: After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)15. The average Cuban could not go anywhere up to now.
But you could go anywhere--including Cuba, but with restrictions on your spending. And that, of course, is if the Cubans allow you IN in the first place.
So yeah, who does have more freedom?
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Liberalized travel for Cubans isn't a reality yet. It's still "hope." You have more freedom...
slackmaster
May 2012
#3
There are enough Cuban exiles in Miami with family there that they can get a trip very easily.
joshcryer
May 2012
#35
Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Baltimore, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and Miami...
joshcryer
May 2012
#34
It's even looser, now--you can go on a photography, architecture or cooking trip, for example.
MADem
May 2012
#39
People to people is good, but you still need a licensed company that offers it.
joshcryer
May 2012
#47
Indeed, saying America is worse than every other nation in every way
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#27
Wow, if Cuba does this expect relations to normalize very quickly. Shots fired.
joshcryer
May 2012
#33