Cuba Eases Up On Travel Restrictions For Nationals

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque addressed a gathering of approximately 100 Cubans from overseas to discuss easing travel restrictions for Cuban nationals:

The event was a chance to exchange views and to “improve co-ordination and communication” among us, Mr Perez Roque said.

The meeting was also a chance to discuss ways of combating the US economic embargo on Cuba, he added.

According to the minister, the main obstacle to completely normal ties is the US policy that limits Cubans living there to one visit to Cuba every three years.

“I came to listen,” Max Lesnick, who has lived in exile in Miami since 1961, told Reuters.

Lies. He came because he heard they were serving croquetas.

“I see a climate of change and a policy of gradual changes here, and I think Cubans who live abroad should be watching events here closely.”

Cubans who want to travel abroad currently need hundreds of dollars’ worth of permits to exit and return to their country. Hopefully, the Cuban government’s desire to cut through some of that (evil, enemy) red tape will help Cubans travel more easily and without the risk of falling overboard.

Cuba studies travel rules change [BBC]