New US rules promise legal Cuba travel for many

[Judi Lynn]

May 21, 12:15 PM EDT
New US rules promise legal Cuba travel for many
By PETER ORSI
Associated Press

HAVANA (AP) -- The forbidden fruit of American travel is once again within reach. New rules issued by the Obama administration will allow Americans wide access to communist-led Cuba, already a mecca for tourists from other nations.

Within months or even weeks, thousands of people from Seattle to Sarasota could be shaking their hips in tropical nightclubs and sampling the famous stogies, without having to sneak in through a third country and risk the Treasury Department's wrath.

"This is travel to Cuba for literally any American," said Tom Popper, director of Insight Cuba, which took thousands of Americans to Cuba before such programs were put into a deep freeze seven years ago.

But it won't all be a day at the beach or a night at the bar. U.S. visitors may find themselves tramping through sweltering farms or attending history lectures to justify the trips, which are meant, under U.S. policy, to bring regular Cubans and Americans together.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. YouTube, Chinese visitor to Cuba exhibiting basic salsa awareness for a group...

At no time do his feet leave his ankles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBQGoSShv54