Travel to Cuba Opening UP

Another Obama Action!!
{Updated: Monday, October 31st, 2016}

        The President of tripadvisor, Stephen Kaufer, says his company has received permission from the U. S. government to book accommodations to Cuba, another major slice the Obama administration is making to combat the decades-old stranglehold the U. S. Congress has had on America's much-hated Cuban policy. Mr. Kaufer's powerful travel agency will soon be allowed to book travel to Cuba for both U. S. and non-U. S. citizens for hotel, flight, cultural tours and short-term rentals. Because of the congressionally mandated U. S. embargo of Cuba, everyday Americans are the only people in the world without the freedom to travel to Cuba but, using his Executive Powers, President Obama has gradually loosened many of those laws.

       Stephen Kaufer, the President and CEO of TripAdvisor, is merely one of thousands of top U. S. executives anxious to begin doing business with Cuba. After getting permission this week, Mr. Kaufer said, "We look forward to helping travelers all over the world discover Cuba's vibrant history, people and culture as we begin the important work to make these trips possible. We applaud President Obama's continuing efforts to ease these restrictions and build relations with our island neighbor just 90 miles south of Florida."  

        As evidenced by the 191-to-zero vote in the United Nations on October 26th, all nations of the world, including the United States itself, oppose the United States embargo against Cuba that, among many other dastardly things, makes it illegal for everyday Americans to travel to Cuba, a freedom all citizens of all other nations have. Such humiliating anti-democratic laws appease a few in the 535-member U. S. Congress and have existed almost since the Cuban Revolution overthrew the Batista-Mafia dictatorship on the island on January 1, 1959. The majority of Americans -- including businessman Stephen Kaufer -- are tired of such restrictions and, inspired by the leadership of President Obama, are finally beginning to speak out against and even break down some of the barriers that harm 300+ million Americans and 11+ million Cubans.

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