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Originally Posted by Rockstar
It was never illegal to travel to Cuba you just couldn't spend your U.S. dollars there and its certainly not illegal to travel to the Middle East either as there are many U.S. citizens fighting for the legitimate goverment of Syria. The worst that will happen is if you find yourself in trouble dont expect any help in a place the goverment said not to go.
One time we stopped a U.S. sailboat that had left Havana. Had one person onboard, a college aged student, one those kind today we would call a snowflake. We were professioanl, did our job, inspected his boat and about to leave. He showed us his Che Guevara t-shirts and all these other things he had bought in Cuba. We asked how many U.S. dollars he spent. He told us about $150.00 US. we told him that was illegal and called ahead and had Customs waiting for him at the dock. Those were the days when we siezed just about everything so Im sure the kid probably lost his boat.
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Maybe i should have been more specific? While technically, travel isn't Illegal to Cuba, you need specific permission from the Treasury department to go.
Let's make it simple, as a passport holder I can travel to most countries, needing only The host country's permission (via treaty or Visa). In places like Cuba, I also need the U.S governments permission.