Reply #14: This article has a propaganda ort which might send Cuba travellers off! [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

First, here's the beginning of the article:

U.S. Senate votes to deny Cuba travel ban funding




Thursday October 23, 2:30 PM EDT

By Pablo Bachelet

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Defying a White House veto threat, the U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a measure that eliminates funding to enforce a travel ban to communist Cuba.

The approval came in a voice vote after Senators voted 59-36 to overcome a procedural motion that would have effectively killed the initiative.

Supporters of the funding block said the long-standing U.S. travel ban had failed to oust Cuban President Fidel Castro and was unfair to Americans, who can travel to North Korea but not Cuba.

"For 40 years we've said 'sanctions,' and for 40 years it hasn't worked," said Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, one of six bipartisan co-sponsors of the measure. (snip/...)

Here's the astonishing lie:

(snip) The White House argues that travelers are herded into tourist enclaves, with minimal contact with locals, and their dollars used to prop up a dictatorship.(snip)

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