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Old Dec 21, 2014 | 6:40 pm
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
As long as the person/party paying for the trip is not a US person/party and the funds used for the trip, it is true that most US persons could legally visit Cuba without US Government approval even before this week's announced rapprochement between Washington and Havana.

That legal possibility remains the case for now still. For now still, a US or other covered person/party may be subject to inconsistent administrative or prosecutorial discretion unless and until Congress passes an overriding bill that becomes law to remove the OFAC approval requirement when it comes to Cuba.
I think you're right. Change of administration, new orders, we who are American citizens or residence could feel the pinch, until Congress gets this fixed. If the embargo has failed for fifty years, it's not likely to begin working now.
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