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Flying from USA to Cuba
Why is it that the US Government prohibits flights directly from the US to Cuba? I know you can go to another country from the US and from there fly to Cuba, by why is direct flights from the US to Cuba not allowed?
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i am cuban, and i'll start off with saying that in 1963 the russian military sent nuclear missiles on board submarines to cuba from the (as it was known then)USSR. and since cuba is a communist country like the USSR was, china is, north korea, and vietnam. they were all sort of allies with each other. now the united states in the 50's and 60's became an enemy of communism, and what communism stood for with it's purely capitalistic state of mind and lasseiz faire government (basically means you can start your own business, make your own money the government will not stand in your way) whereas communism is based on everyone making the same amount of money as everyone else, and people working together to benefit the country and not working to benefit themselves. both have their high and low points.
now cuba was run by a man named fidel castro. who in the 1950's sided with a man named che guevarra in cuba. and set out to put the current cuban government aside. the government was run by a man whose last name was batista. batista essentially ran the government with the mafia. he had huge casinos all over cuba and had the cuban people pay high taxes to the government leaders to keep their land, space, and jobs. castro had, had enough and wanted to bring his people a better, more stable, and safer way of life. a life where they didn't have to worry about the mob, or gambling, or tourists, or anything ill falling them. and so in the 50's he rounded up a group of 80 men and led a coup d'tat in havana cuba, ransacked batista's estate, took over the country, killed batista, and started a new form of government. people suddenly all made the same amount of money. gambling was banned, church was banned, education was banned beyond what the government said, and life became radically different. but for the first time in ages the cuban people had stability and steadiness in their life and granted they had a lot less in the way of freedom they had constance.
cuba benefitted greatly from this, or at least financially they seemed to at first. but that went away. castro began killing off anyone who second guessed him, setting up secret prisons, and became a paranoid, dellusional, man. feartful of anyone trying to overthrow him he is still to this day a scared man, who protects himself and keeps his people brainwashed. my mother once told me that when she went to school in cuba in the 60's they would teach the children the following things. how to build weapons, how to protect yourself and identify an american, and that the government was your friend. and only those of the older generation before castro know how things were. the thing is though only a handfull of them including castro still live. castro is in his 70's. he's the same age as my grandma from cuba. and has come close to death many a time, but fidel castro keeps kicking. and as long as he's around the cuban people will be none the wiser, to the world outside, or to a world existing past the 1960s.
but in 1962-1963 for nine months russian submarines hung out around cuba, nuclear missiles never got sent to cuba, and american ships trolled the waters around cuba making sure nothing would happen. it was at this point a trade and travel embargo on cuba was put into place by president john f. kennedy. he stated that no goods from cuba be legally transported to america, and no american goods go there. and that no citizens of america go there either. but he said, if a cuban comes to america, and denounces their communist ways they will be granted amnesty and allowed in the country as a legal citizen. it became known as the wet foot, dry foot policy and stands to this day. cuba is an interesting country with a deep rooted history, and a troubled present. but hey, castro has to die someday.
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The US placed an embargo on Cuba. This prevents contact between the two, except in some special circumstances. This is very bad for the US, since Cuba has many good exports. The rich capitalist US bastards are too short-sighted to see their mistake and refuse to lift the embargo. It's the national equivalent of saying, "you suck, I'm not talking to you any more."
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its because the us government banned tourism in that country during the cold war. technically, you could go to jail for going there through another country.
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OK...I'll just say the real reason:
Long time ago there was something that happened during Kennedy's years as president called The Cuban Missle Crisis...Cuba was holding deadly missles from the Soviet Union and they were pointed at the U.S.- Kinda pissed us off and so we made an embargo against Cuba and their products. Commie bastards.
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The US Government do not approve of the Cuban Regime and have placed embargos, sanctions and pressures on them ever since the cold war some years ago now.
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cuba doesnt really like us that much. they are mad because of something im not gonna get into that happened in the past. the united states doesnt want us going there because they dont like us and might threaten us.
long story short... THEY HATE US . lol
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