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BEFORE AFTER
Cruises to Cuba face new ban
in the Federal Register.
U.S. national security
adviser John Bolton,
who declared Cuba part
of a “troika of tyranny”
along with Nicaragua
and Venezuela as he outlined
plans for sanctions
in November, said the
new policy is intended to
deny the Cuban government
a vital source of
revenue.
“The Administration
has advanced the President’s
Cuba policy by
ending ‘veiled tourism’
to Cuba and imposing
restrictions on vessels,”
Bolton said on Twitter.
“We will continue to take
actions to restrict the
Cuban regime’s access to
U.S. dollars.”
The Cuban government
imposed food rationing
last month as a result of
tightened U.S. sanctions
and a drop in subsidized
oil and other aid from
Venezuela. For the Cuban
government, cruise travel
generated many millions
of dollars a year in docking
fees and payments
for on-shore excursions,
although those figures
were never made public.
Cuba also has become the
most-requested destination
for many South Florida
based cruise lines.
“The Trump administration
deserves tremendous
credit for holding
accountable the Cuban
regime,” Florida Republican
Sen. Marco Rubio
said. “The United States
must use all tools available
under U.S. law to counter
the Cuban regime’s deceitful
activities to undermine
U.S. policy.”
The new restrictions
take effect Wednesday, but
the government said it
will allow anyone who has
already paid for the trip to
go ahead with it. But the
process going forward for
passengers isn’t clear.
Cruise companies
appeared to be caught
off guard, with several,
including Norwegian
Cruise Lines and Royal
Caribbean, urging ticketed
passengers to be patient
in response to queries on
social media.
Finally, more than nine
hours after the Treasury
announcement, Royal
Caribbean said it was canceling
the Cuba stops on
its June 5 and 6 cruises
and would issue further
guidance on future trips
as soon as it was practical.
“We expect to know
more within the next 24
hours and will communicate
any changes as
soon as we are able. In the
meantime, we are adjusting
the itineraries of our
June 5 and June 6 sailings,
which will no longer
stop in Cuba. We are
communicating with our
guests about those changes,”
Royal Caribbean said
in a notice posted to its
website.
Cruise lines carrying
passengers booked before
Tuesday had been hoping
that they could request
specific federal permits
to complete their trips to
Cuba, said Pedro Freyre,
a Miami-based attorney
who represents Carnival
and three other major
cruise lines.
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