Travelocity Busted for Going to Cuba
Travelocity's roaming gnome must either have a taste for cigars, or a taste for La Revolución. The company has just settled a fine that it was recently socked with for booking illegal trips to Cuba; Cuba, as any decent bald eagle saluting American knows, is our mortal enemy (or, one of many). Relations are so strained with the island nation that travel to it by U.S. citizens is forbidden by law, except for certain academic, religious, journalistic or humanitarian reasons. Even then, travel must be booked through an agent licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Travelocity is not one of these agents.The company's spokesman blamed a series of "technical failures" for the illegal bookings, which amounted to some 1,500 trips to Castroland between 1998 and 2004. Just the same, Travelocity was ordered to pay a $182,750 fine to the Office of Foreign Assets Control for its crimes against America.
$182,750 is an awful lot of lawn ornaments ...
From 'The New York Times'
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Subscribe to commentsJamesAug 16th 2007 3:40PM
Oh yea cuba is a real threat to us right now. An entire nation of farmers being led by the ancient Fidel castro.
So what if they are communists, this is not the 50's people, The red scare is over! They don't have any wmd's. Hell they barely have a passable army. Our sanctions against the country just make us look like bullies. Castro and his elite don't suffer from it, just the pesants of Cuba's working class.
stephaneAug 16th 2007 5:45PM
In this day and age, when US politicians tell you the places you're not allowed to visit, then I'm afraid, we behave the same way as those dictatorial regimes we fight.
Hint: US citizens may fly to Cuba via Mexico and discover on their own realities of the country.
Laura VianelloAug 16th 2007 6:21PM
Good! We are glad United States is enforcing its laws. Specially agains rouge nations like Cuba. Yes, sanctions are necessary against that totalitarian regime of 48 years. Cuba is the biggest human rights violator in this Hemisphere. Poor people are manipulated and controlled by rationing everything. For killing a cow, starving farmers are sent to long years in jail under the worst conditions.
Laura VianelloAug 16th 2007 6:19PM
Good! We are glad United States is enforcing its laws. Cuba is a totalitarian regime of 48 years were a person is send to long years in jail, of the worst kind, for killing a cow.
Cuba is the worst violator of human rights in this Hemisphere, a rouge nation. Cuba has been used as a spy base and a heaven for fugitives and criminals. A training camp for terrorists around the world. Yes. United States should had taken down Cuba first instead of wasting its resources in Irak.
lawrenceAug 16th 2007 7:02PM
Well, if there is a law or regulation established by the U.S. government it should be enforced. I don't see anything wrong with it. Why would any freedom loving American would like to go to a place where people suffer an apharteid policy (particularly black cubans are being discriminated in tourist designed areas either to work or visit).
pjbirmelinAug 16th 2007 7:26PM
GET REAL!!! The best way to overthrow this government is to let American tourists in, our dollar and all of the other goodies we have will corrupt the commies and they will rise up to become like us, having a hard time finding a doctor or health care (they may have the best in the world right now) Heck we may be able to get all that plastic surgery at a discount price, I remember when rich girls flew to Cuba to get abortions because the gov't here said no no bad girl. And if they open Cuba what happens to Puerto Rico tourisim (it goes down the drain) Remember it's only 90 miles away and has the best beaches!
marinaAug 16th 2007 11:10PM
THey are sending people to Cuba to get good medical care like the terroritsts are getting down there.If you saw the movie "Sicko" you will know why people want to go to Cuba.
JoeAug 16th 2007 11:31PM
Look, as Stephane stated, "Mexico" then "Cuba". Thats really no secret at all. Our Goverment knows this, just enjoy the loop hole. Our country's politicians really have a responsibility to preserve the policy of the past as long as the enemy takes a stand against us. It is in our backyard. Jump the fence, and enjoy what could of been another Puerto Rico.
dr timAug 17th 2007 12:45AM
THE GOVERNMENT OF my COUNTRY IS psychotic.why? wELL WE HAD A WAR WITH viet nam...JUST LIKE IRAQ, WE INVADED THEM.... we were afraid of the domino theory, although we had no moral or legal righ tto do it..again mobil oil...in gulf of Tonkin and drugs for us from S>Vietnam....we lost 54,000 soldiers and 100,000's of thousands of injuries...But now, we are doing business with them...we have factories over there, we vacation there...BUT CUBA< never killed one American, we didnt have a war with them....and we have caused a boycott of CUBA, and put on an embargo that made their people suffere for 50 years...THERE WAS NO DAMN REASON AT ALL. CUBANS ARE GOOD PEOPLE. SO CASTRO IS A COMMUNIT...THEY ARE NO THREAT. AND WE SALMSOT CAUSED A NUCLEAR WAR BECUASE OF THIS STUPID POLICIY. aND i AM NOT A COMMUNIST..BY ANY MEANS...i CANT STAND THE WAY WE DO THINGS. FOR STUPID REASONS..i AM SURE SOMEE ONE GOT PAID FOR A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THIS.
freecubanow1Aug 19th 2007 5:47PM
Boy, the Commies must really be needing money... maybe they are being foreclosed!!??
This is ANOTHER fluff piece like the one a few days ago about the "rich Canadian Granny" that is now (at 110, no 120) years old, just getting around to ask for "her money" from American Banks.
It is another FEEBLE attempt to get the average (uninformed) US citizen to rally to "lift the embargo." Everyone should know by now Cuber can FREELY TRADE with the USA as LONG AS THEY PAY CASH!!!... AND THEY WON'T!!!
They want credit from US banks so when they end up noy paying (ask Japan) the US TAXPAYER FOOTS THE BILL!!! Pretty clever, huh???
"LIFT THE EMBARGO...MY ARS"
GEMDANNYAug 17th 2007 3:58PM
HEY " JOHN " ITS NOT THE WOMAN, ITS THE CHILD IN THE ADD FOR AMERICAN APPERAL MAGAZINE, YOU YO YO