I am going to Cuba.

[Rolex]

About time!. You yanks must be smiling.

 

[BigBoner]

 

[BigBoner]

 

[Tooler]

Obama did it again.

 

[peace]

:no:

 

[Goodfella]

Too bad, it was so relaxing there without the Americans :wink2:

 

[Prick]

Too bad, it was so relaxing there without the Americans :wink2:

You mean the obese ones?

 

[Maurice Boscorelli]

You mean the obese ones?

Curvy dude their curvy.

 

[Wanker]

Cuba has always held a certain allure for the traveller: the music, the food, the beaches and even the cigars.

While the United States is moving toward relaxing rules on travel to the island nation only 150 kilometres off the coast of Florida, it is not opening the floodgates for U.S. tourists just yet.

More trips will be permitted, for family visits, research, professional meetings and athletic competitions, but travel for tourism will still be against the law unless Congress moves to lift a longstanding economic embargo.

Many believe that will eventually happen, and the idea that Americans might soon flood the popular vacation spot could spur more Canadians to visit now.

“I think there will be an uptick of Canadians who are thinking about going to Cuba, or haven’t been, thinking this is our last chance to get a great deal,” said Allison Wallace, a spokeswoman for Flight Centre Canada.

Cuba has long been a destination of choice for Canadians and Europeans, who especially target all-inclusive resorts near Varadero that are considered affordable, Wallace said.

“As soon as it opens (to Americans), whenever that is, we would certainly expect the prices to go higher since it’s all about supply and demand,” she said.

Cuba has always been attractive to Canadians for its history and culture, but an added bonus was that Americans couldn’t go, keeping prices down.


McGill University business professor Karl Moore said that while Canadian sun seekers won’t likely feel an immediate impact from the news, he expects U.S. companies will begin to think about investing there.

“Back in the day, Havana was one of the great spots of the world,” Moore said. “I think there will be a lot of people thinking it will happen eventually. Let’s get ready for it.”

A handful of international companies already operate in Cuba. Spanish hotel chain Melia has 26 properties on the island.

U.S. companies such as Hilton Worldwide and Marriott International — the two largest chains by rooms — say they welcome any future opportunities to include Cuba in their rapidly growing global footprint.

“We will take our cues from the U.S. government, but look forward to opening hotels in Cuba, as companies from others countries have done already,” Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson said via an emailed statement.

“Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean, so there’s some exciting possibilities,” said Roger Frizzell, spokesman for Carnival Corp. He said “some infrastructure for cruising already exists in the country,” although other issues “need to be taken into consideration if this market opens up.”

With files from the Star’s wire services

https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/12/17/cuba_moves_could_drive_canadian_tourism.html

 

[Martin]

Curvy dude their curvy.

EACE:

 

[Roger]

The beaches are almost perfect. No Wal Marts-Starbucks there. I'd have to go again, before it gets commercialized.

 

[papasmerf]

American hating aside, it appears that Obama is interested in lifting sanctions that are written into the law of the US. That America is not allowed to deal with Cuba unless the Cuban government makes some changes first. So once again, Obama is breaking the laws he took an oath to uphold and defend. On top of that, how can people support a country (by visiting and spending their money there) where human rights have been crushed for all these years? I've got family members who were imprisoned in Cuba for all kinds of meaningless shit. Just above, I can say that about Obama freely. In Cuba, I would be arrested and imprisoned just for saying something negative about the leadership....probably tortured and possibly killed. But hey! They have beautiful beaches and hot women!

Yes he is trying to change the law............But in reality the US has normal relations with countries that have as bad or worse record on Human Rights.

I agree it is a slap in the face of all Cubans who fled here to escape Castro.

 

[User-E]

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appears to have given tacit approval to the recent decision by Cuba and the US to restore diplomatic relations.

In a letter, he wrote: "I don't trust the policy of the US, nor have I exchanged a word with them, but this does not mean I reject a peaceful solution to conflicts." These were his first comments since December's historic move by Cuba and the US after decades of hostilities.

In the letter published by the state-run newspaper Granma, Mr Castro wrote: "We will always defend cooperation and friendship with all the people of the world, including with our political adversaries." The 88-year-old appeared to be backing decisions taking by his younger brother Raul - the current Cuban president who succeeded him in 2008.

The Cuban president, the letter stated, "has taken the pertinent steps in accordance with his prerogatives and the powers given to him by the National Assembly the Communist Party of Cuba". It was hardly a ringing endorsement of US-Cuban rapprochement but nor was it a rejection of the decision to re-establish political ties with the great enemy to the north, the BBC's Will Grant in Havana reports.

Fidel Castro has spent his whole adult life in conflict with the US, and it should come as little surprise that he has not given a glowing reception now those hostilities are apparently at an end, our correspondent says. That said, he adds, many in Cuba believe that the current efforts to warm the long-frozen relations would not have started in the first place unless Fidel had given them his benign approval.

His silence on the issue had led to growing speculation over his health. Earlier this month, Fidel Castro sent a letter to former footballer Diego Maradona to quash rumours that he had died.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30996202

 

[oldguyzer]

Go to Miami instead. Cuba with a Denny's. :biggrin2:

 

[ShowmeThemoney]

A Scotsman is sitting in a bar in Cuba and is minding his business when a man with a large black beard walks in.
The man goes to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the man

drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"
The man says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army."

The bartender says, "Alright then" and the man leaves.
A few minutes later another man with a large black beard walks in.
The man goes to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the man drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"

The man says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army." The bartender says "Alright then" and the man leaves.
The Scotsman gets an idea and walks up to the bar and orders a shot of whisky.

He drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"
The Scotsman says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army."

The bartender says, "Hey where is your big black beard?"

The Scotsman thinks quickly. He lifts his Kilt and says, "Secret
Service!

 

[papasmerf]

A Scotsman is sitting in a bar in Cuba and is minding his business when a man with a large black beard walks in.
The man goes to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the man

drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"
The man says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army."

The bartender says, "Alright then" and the man leaves.
A few minutes later another man with a large black beard walks in.
The man goes to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the man drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"

The man says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army." The bartender says "Alright then" and the man leaves.
The Scotsman gets an idea and walks up to the bar and orders a shot of whisky.

He drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"
The Scotsman says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army."

The bartender says, "Hey where is your big black beard?"

The Scotsman thinks quickly. He lifts his Kilt and says, "Secret
Service!

:LMAO:

 

[oldguyzer]

A Scotsman is sitting in a bar in Cuba and is minding his business when a man with a large black beard walks in.
The man goes to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the man

drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"
The man says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army."

The bartender says, "Alright then" and the man leaves.
A few minutes later another man with a large black beard walks in.
The man goes to the bar and orders a shot of whisky. The bartender serves him, the man drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"

The man says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army." The bartender says "Alright then" and the man leaves.
The Scotsman gets an idea and walks up to the bar and orders a shot of whisky.

He drinks the whisky then starts walking out the door.
The bartender says, "Hey aren't you going to pay for that?"
The Scotsman says, "Excuse me, Castro's Army."

The bartender says, "Hey where is your big black beard?"

The Scotsman thinks quickly. He lifts his Kilt and says, "Secret
Service!

:good:

 

[Beef Jerky]

:good:

:biggrin2:

 

[Agent86]

[h=1]Matthew Fisher: ‘The Yanquis are coming’ and Cuba may never be the same for Canadians[/h]

 

[oldguyzer]

Matthew Fisher: ‘The Yanquis are coming’ and Cuba may never be the same for Canadians

Damn foreigners messing up our island! :biggrin2: