BY ALFONSO CHARDY
Two Florida men allegedly concocted a scheme to get around the restrictive Cuba travel ban by creating bogus churches and applying for licenses under the name of God that allowed thousands of travelers to visit the communist island nation.
The federal government wasn't fooled for long.
More licenses to do business in Cuba have been issued by the Bush Treasury Dept than the total in the previous 41 years
As a Democrat I know that guys like Charlie Rangel have always supported Castro for more philosophical reasons than $$$$$$$
While as a former Republican I know that that State and Congressional Republicans , Cuban Americans included receive millions in donations from pork barrel supporters of the tax teat sucking Agri/Medical and Energy lobbies that are pushing to lift the embargo.
These same Cuban American legislators like David Rivera and others at the same time deny families the opportunity to visit and aid their families in Cuba while.
Only thru visiting can we re-establish contact with a nation and its people
By not allowing Cuban Americans to visit we are allowing Cuba to repeat its past like in the Treaty of Paris where the Cuban people were not represented ,back then only the Spanish, Spanish land owners in Cuba, and the USA were represented
Today its the Castro family, a few generals and the US and Spanish corporations thru their respective governments.
By limiting contact between Cubans we are doing their bidding or do some of the Harliners already know that?
Our Secretary of commerce from the Agri world forgets that all his buddies are doing business with Cuba while we can not go
Keep the US travel ban for now and let us re-connect with Cuba and its people first!!!
It will drive both the Regime and US corporate and Spanish Corporate honchos out of their minds with worry!!!
that is why we are being kept out
if you haven't guessed it yet!!
Posted by: roberto e | February 26, 2007 at 09:13 PM