The race in Florida must be super tight if after three and half years, and imposing all sorts of failed sanctions that mostly harm #Cuban families, Trump FINALLY denies his country club cronies their secret stashes of Cuban rum and cigars. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
The measures are low hanging fruit that allow Trump to say he's tightening the squeeze on #Cuba and won't allow anyone to go sing to Castro when he visits Miami on Friday. In short term they'll have no practical impact since Cuba is still not accepting US travelers due to Covid.
Once travel resumes, no more rum & cigar souvenirs as in the Bush and early Obama years; no lodging in any hotels, although flights are already so limited that the private casa particular market should be able to absorb demand; and...
no more general license travel for professional meetings or conferences. Although travel for professional research remains intact (what if you're researching the conferences?). Applications for specific licenses for professional meetings will be cumbersome but likely approved.
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