Follow Up on New Cuba Restrictions

Jun 28th, 2004 | By Jared Blank

A follow up to the story last week about the new rules restricting visits to Cuba by Cuban-Americans to once every three years. Part of the rules required Cuban-Americans visiting the country to return by the end of June. However, the US government has now given a reprieve to these folks by extending the deadline for returning to the US until July 31. Charter flight operators said that there was no way they could contact all of their passengers in Cuba by the end of June. Well, it looks like Castro’s government will stay in power yet another month.

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