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President Obama's three-day visit to Cuba, in March, 2016, marked the first visit by a U.S. president since 1928. On the island, anti-government demonstrations in anticipation of President Obama's visit and of the new U.S. liberalization of travel were met with oppressive reprisals from the Castro regime. [9] [10] [11]
The U.S. government first banned the sale of weaponry to Cuba via an arms embargo on March 14, 1958, during the U.S.-backed Fulgencio Batista regime. The Cuban Revolution saw to the nationalization of Cuba, high U.S. imports taxes, and forfeiture of U.S.-owned economic assets, including oil refineries, without compensation.
On June 4, 2019, the Trump administration announced a full ban on cruise ship, private yacht, or plane travel to Cuba. It also announced a ban on "people-to-people" travel, which was until that point the most popular legal mechanism for American travel to the island, largely because it was the category used by cruise lines for their tours.
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The police are part of Cuba's interior ministry, which was already the subject of a blanket designation by the Trump administration back in January. US sets new Cuba sanctions as Biden meets Cuban ...
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Since April 2017, nationals of these countries are banned from entering eastern Libya, which is under control by the Tobruk government. Other nationals who don't possess a valid visa or residence permit will also be refused entry. [2] [7] [8] Iran: Pakistan: Sudan: Syria: Yemen: Belarus: Ascension Island
Street view of Havana, Cuba, July 26, 2021, several weeks after mass protests broke out. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty ImagesCuba recently erupted in the largest protests seen there in six decades ...