Expectation and Division in Bergenline over Cuba Tourism

President Barack Obama opened this week the gates – closed for more than 50 years – for tourism and dollars to flow to Cuba.

This comes immediately after airlines secured the approval, expected for June of this year, to fly to Cuban destinations. Thousands have already visited the island via Mexico or other destinations, circumventing the laws [which had restricted travel].

Just last Tuesday, the White House announced that travel restrictions would be eased [to allow for educational exchanges and interacting with the Cuban people “person to person.”] It is also easier to use U.S. money in transactions within the island.

For Julio Molyneaux, from Puerto Rico, this means an opportunity to visit, for the first time in his life, the Varadero beaches….

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