Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Build Your Own 'People to People' Mission & More Cuba Changes

Plane, United States and Cuba flags If you have been following our Cuba updates, you'll note we've been busy. A full listing of all of our posts to get you caught up are all the way at the bottom. Here's the Cliff Notes version:
  • On December 17, 2014, President Obama made a historic announcement: “Today, the United States is taking historic steps to chart a new course in our relations with Cuba and to further engage and empower the Cuban people.”
  • By January 16, 2015, both the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended its Cuban Assets Control Regulations, and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended the Export Administration Regulations with a “Support for the Cuban People” license exception. Both OFAC and BIS’s new rules were effective as of January 16, 2015.
  • OFAC and BIS issued additional new rules on June 15, 2015, September 21, 2015, January 27, 2016 and again today!
As far as travel goes, the NY Times posted their travel tips, but, here are MY travel tips to you: