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Old Dec 19, 2016, 1:38 pm
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VidaNaPraia
 
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Originally Posted by RJ1
We have a people-to-people escorted tour to Cuba scheduled in late March 2017.

I realize it is an "unknown" as to what Trump may do about the recently relaxed US policies toward Cuba. However, I am wondering how quickly the "people to people" program could be rescinded? As I understand, people to people operates under Treasury Department regulations, which are presumably more tedious to "un-do", as opposed to executive order actions.
Let's be clear about terminology.
The tours apply for a specific license (i.e., an application and a case-by-case determination), afaik. They have had permission for this for quite some time now.
The "recently relaxed policies" refer to a "general license" and this is the one Obama signed in by executive order starting in March, used by independent travelers. That could go at the stroke of a pen.
The 12 OFAC (Dept. of Treasury) categories, such as "people to people", are the same for both.
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