{"id":458,"date":"2007-08-19T23:35:45","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T03:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/08\/19\/freedom-to-travel-to-cuba-act-of-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-08-19T23:35:45","modified_gmt":"2007-08-20T03:35:45","slug":"freedom-to-travel-to-cuba-act-of-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/08\/19\/freedom-to-travel-to-cuba-act-of-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howling Latina <a href=\"http:\/\/howlinglatina.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/freedom-to-travel-to-cuba-act-of-2007.html\">brings us up to date<\/a> on the most recent efforts in Congress to get rid of the absolutely ridiculous prohibitions on American citizens traveling to Cuba.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It sounds like we might actually get somewhere on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never understood the point of this specific policy (beyond the Miami pandering and making Jesse Helms feel good).\u00c2\u00a0 I still remember cluing into the fact that my government actually prohibited me from traveling to another country.\u00c2\u00a0 It was right after we moved back from West Germany.\u00c2\u00a0 Where I&#8217;d been to East Germany.\u00c2\u00a0 Which was horrible because it wouldn&#8217;t let its people travel.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howling Latina brings us up to date on the most recent efforts in Congress to get rid of the absolutely ridiculous prohibitions on American citizens traveling to Cuba.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It sounds like we might actually get somewhere on the matter. 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