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CUBA IN THE NEWS AGAIN, IN A BIG WAY…

What’s this all mean, the latest from our current administration regarding Cuba?  As this is a travel blog I will focus on the effect that the latest announcement has on travel into Cuba for U.S. citizens and stay away from politics, comparisons to policies with other countries, assertions of human rights violations, etc.  Will this impact travel drastically? Not too much legally / officially, and thankfully not immediately although the President did state “effective immediately”.   His new regulations are effective immediately, however he is giving the administration time to analyze his decree and implement new policies and procedures (perhaps after a lesson learned after a chaotic “effective immediately” travel ban not long ago).   I have seen reports stating “months” from now, also 90 days as to timeframe expected to make and implement any changes.   ~The biggie with the “effective immediately” is that all travel purchased prior to June 16 th 2017 will be permissib