The new policy also bans any business transactions with the Armed Forces Business Enterprises Group (GAESA), but with some exceptions, including air and sea travel, shielding USA airlines and cruise ship companies now serving the island. For example, the Cuban government could disguise the properties of GAESA under the facade of new entities.
It remains unclear how Americans still allowed to visit Cuba would be prevented from spending money that profited the security forces. Marco Rubio, both Cuban-American Republicans from South Florida.
"The basic policy driver", another official said, was Trump's "concern that the previous policy was enriching the Cuban military and the intelligence services that contribute so much to repression on the island".
"The goal of these policies is very simple", Rubio said Thursday.
While the Trump administration says it wants to crack down on sources of revenue for the Cuban government so far there are no plans to reinstate the ban on Cuban cigars and rum, officials said. As a Cuban-American, Sen. In addition, they must take detailed records of all their financial transactions for five years to make them available to the US Treasury Department if requested, and also keep strict notes proving their compliance with the new order, otherwise they would be fined.
While Americans will still be able to go to Cuba through one of the authorized types of travel, one common method of visiting the island will be prohibited. The trips were made easier by the resumption of scheduled commercial air service from the USA for the first time in decades.
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But there's also the hope among some White House officials that changes will jumpstart a new round of negotiations that could lead to a deal that's more to Trump's liking. And travelers seeking "people-to-people" contact will have to sign up with an organized tour group. That could have far-reaching effects since the military touches nearly every corner of the Cuban economy. "Today we are owners of boutique hotels, BnBs, restaurants and shops".
Asked why Cuba stands as one of the few examples of the White House seeking to punish human rights violations, a senior administration official said that "the president has made clear that he will look toward repressive regimes in this hemisphere". US airlines and cruise ships will still be allowed to serve the island 90 miles south of Florida.
"There are about 50 or 60 Wi-Fi hot spots in Havana. It's up to them to lay out those specifics, but suffice it to say that tomorrow's going to be a good day for the Cuban people, a better deal for the Cuban people, which is who we're trying to help here, by empowering them and doing so in a way that does not empower their oppressors". "That has also happened as a result of normalization and I just can't imagine backtracking on something like that".
President Trump's rollback of Mr. Hussein Obama's policy has drawn some opposition from American businesses and the travel industry, which have begun making inroads on the island. Less than a year later, the U.S. Embassy in Havana re-opened.
The U.S. feels like it is in a new Cold War, and the Trump administration is getting a little nostalgic with its policy towards Cuba. The Trump administration started a Cuban policy review in February, which included several cabinet agencies that will develop regulations to enforce the White House's Cuba policy.
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