Eased travel to Cuba not without hurdles
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"There are a bunch of people who are trying to visit 100 countries before they die," Louis explained. "This is number 92 for us." Country No. 92 for the Waterers is Cuba. But up until a few years ago, even for intrepid travelers like the Waterers, visiting Cuba would have been close to impossible. After Fidel Castro took power in 1959, Cuba went from being a favorite getaway for Americans to a forbidden destination. Diplomatic relations and direct travel between the United States and Cuba were cut off. U.S. citizens spending money on the island faced hefty fines for "trading with the enemy." But after decades of false starts, the Obama administration has reinstituted legal travel to Cuba as a way to reach out to the Cuban people. Classic American cars still in use in Cuba are a curiosity to many foreign visitors.
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Tom Popper
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| 0.127212 | "The fact that we are bringing Americans and Cubans together is an incredible thing," Popper said. ... |
| 0.132998 | "The fact that we are bringing Americans and Cubans together is an incredible thing," Popper said. "It's a travel experience for the Americans, it's an incredible thing for Cubans. Some people in parts of Cuba that we go to, they have never met an American before." |
| 0.265862 | "We are back in operations and hope to stay that way," Insight Cuba president Tom Popper said. ... |
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Michael Sykes
Overall Sentiment: -0.360859
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| -0.583104 | "You are doing what you are supposed to be doing and they are changing the rules as we go. The guidelines are so vague," said Michael Sykes, ... |
| -0.416681 | "The language is so cryptic and so bureaucratic," he said. ... |
| -0.285937 | "The language is so cryptic and so bureaucratic," he said. "Your average Joe isn't able to do this, you have to understand the secret language." |
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Fidel Castro
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Louis
Overall Sentiment: -0.292683
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| -0.178929 | "There are a bunch of people who are trying to visit 100 countries before they die," Louis explained. |
| -0.183562 | "There are a bunch of people who are trying to visit 100 countries before they die," Louis explained. "This is number 92 for us." |
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Sen. Marco Rubio
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| 0 | "What these trips are all about is tourism, it's tourism," Rubio said ... |
| -0.164675 | "What these trips are all about is tourism, it's tourism," Rubio said on the Senate floor last year. "The reason why this is problematic is it gives money to the Castro government." |
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Michael Pettit
Overall Sentiment: 0.0662288
Relevance: 0.130005
Joe
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Jeff Braunger
Overall Sentiment: 0
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| -0.195372 | "We revised the license application criteria to stress to applicants the seriousness of the requirements of the people-to-people licensing program, in part because of reports we received concerning travel under the licenses," Braunger wrote. ... |
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Overall Sentiment: 0.187502
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Country: Cuba
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The Obama administration's "people-to-people" travel policy, like nearly everything involving Cuba, is fraught with controversy and politics.
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