Yes, everyone knew something like this was coming.
No surprise here, but it’s a lot like the day that a terminally ill loved one finally dies.
You knew it was coming, but it still hurts like hell.
Might as well read about it in the newspaper that’s been championing the Castro regime and vilifying Cuban exiles since the 1950’s.
This is an article they’ve been itching to publish since the time when I was in fourth grade.
And it reads as one would expect. It’s a lot like reading an account of your family’s murder written by the murderer himself.
Congratulations, Ernesto Londoño, you sure did pick the correct winning number on the roulette wheel, and also knew how to control its spin:
WASHINGTON — The United States government on Friday will begin making it easier for Americans to travel to Cuba than it has been for more than half a century, opening the door to a new era of contact between neighbors that have been estranged longer than most of their citizens have been alive.
The Obama administration announced on Thursday a set of new regulations to take effect on Friday easing decades-old restrictions on travel, business and remittances, putting into reality some of the changes promised by President Obama last month when he announced plans to resume normal diplomatic relations with Havana.
Under the new regulations, Americans will now be allowed to travel to Cuba for any of a dozen specific reasons without first obtaining a special license from the government. Airlines and travel agents will be allowed to provide service to Cuba without a specific license. And travelers will be permitted to use credit cards and spend money while in the country and bring back up to $400 in souvenirs, including up to $100 in alcohol or tobacco.
The new regulations will also make it easier for American telecommunications providers and financial institutions to do business with Cuba. Americans will be allowed to send more money to Cubans, up to $2,000 every three months instead of the $500 currently permitted.
“These changes will have a direct impact in further engaging and empowering the Cuban people, promoting positive change for Cuba’s citizens,” Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, whose department oversees sanctions policy, said in a statement.
“Cuba has real potential for economic growth,” he added, “and by increasing travel, commerce, communications, and private business development between the United States and Cuba, the United States can help the Cuban people determine their own future.”
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Mil gracias, Obamito
Day naaahda, senyow-reetas, day naaaahda…..No problem-oh….
4 thoughts on “New York Times is deliriously happy today: doors of Castro Kingdom now open for American tourists and businesses”
It was bound to happen sooner or later, and in way, it’s just making official the relajo which has long held sway, sort of like legalizing illicit drugs. Alas, Cubans themselves, certainly too many of them, have not been serious enough about freeing Cuba to be taken seriously–and obviously, practically nobody does.
Again, we set ourselves up for this, by relying way too much on others and not doing enough on our own. We may not have succeeded anyway, given how heavily the odds have always been stacked against us, but at least if we’d done an optimal job of it there would have been no reason to reproach ourselves or feel ashamed.
Londoño. Zuñiga. Psaki. Schmucks on parade. Unbelievable.
Yes, everyone knew something like this was coming.
It was bound to happen sooner or later, and in way, it’s just making official the relajo which has long held sway, sort of like legalizing illicit drugs. Alas, Cubans themselves, certainly too many of them, have not been serious enough about freeing Cuba to be taken seriously–and obviously, practically nobody does.
Again, we set ourselves up for this, by relying way too much on others and not doing enough on our own. We may not have succeeded anyway, given how heavily the odds have always been stacked against us, but at least if we’d done an optimal job of it there would have been no reason to reproach ourselves or feel ashamed.
Londoño. Zuñiga. Psaki. Schmucks on parade. Unbelievable.