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CUBAN AMERICANS SECTION - Havana Journal > Cuban American Travel
BY LAURA FIGUEROA | Miami Herald
For dozens of Florida-based travel agencies that book flights to Cuba, the future of their livelihood is, well, up in the air.
On Monday, a coalition of 16 Miami-based travel agencies specializing in trips to Cuba plan to file a lawsuit against the state, hoping that a judge will halt a recently approved law aimed at increasing state regulation of their trade.
They say the measure, which goes into effect Tuesday, will drive up operating costs and force many to shut down if they can’t muster the $250,000…
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Cuban Americans living in the United States could travel to Cuba more often and visit a broader list of family members under legislation approved by a congressional panel on Tuesday.
A House of Representatives appropriations panel embraced the liberalized travel initiative, which faces several more legislative steps over the next few months and likely would be opposed by the Bush administration.
Under a proposal that funds several federal agencies next year including the Treasury Department, which oversees Cuba travel and trade restrictions, travelers would be able to visit close relatives in Cuba once…
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By Terri Hallenbeck | BurlingtonFreePress.com
Jared Carter stepped to the lectern and made his courtroom debut Wednesday in federal court in Burlington. The second-year law school student has taken on a case that’s personal: Should he and his wife be able to travel to Cuba to see her family and celebrate their marriage?
The Constitution provides a fundamental right to associate with family, Carter told U.S. District Judge William Sessions III. Federal rules that restrict travel to Cuba undermine that right, Carter argued.
John O’Quinn, deputy assistant U.S. attorney general, defended the restrictions. He…
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