The Caribbean’s largest island, Cuba, has been off limits to Americans since the Kennedy era. It remains the only place in the world which Americans are forbidden to visit by their own government.
President Obama’s recent removal of travel restrictions for Cuban Americans visiting family has given hope to those who assert our freedom to travel the globe, particularly those who stand to benefit from America opening up travel with Cuba.
Orbitz Worldwide is sponsoring a petition drive in order to lobby the President, Secretary of State and the Congress to completely open Cuba to Americans.
Polls indicate the vast majority of Americans believe that all U.S. citizens should have the freedom to travel to Cuba, but the anti-Communism of 50 years ago still slows the Congress from enforcing the will of the people. Many of our representatives still believe that Cuba must make drastic reforms before America can repeal the travel ban, though I don’t hear any of these hardliners calling for travel bans to Communist China, Socialist Venezuela, or any other country with whom we’ve held pissing matches.
Man has the right to move as he will on the face of the earth. Sign the petition here.
The LA Times has more.
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