Why The Restrictions on Travel to Cuba?

Varadero, Cuba (CubaSunTours.ca)

For half-a-century the U.S. State Department has made travel to Cuba quite a pain for U.S. taxpayers.

Canadians can easily travel to Cuba.

Mexicans can easily travel to Cuba.

But if you live in Miami, Florida there are people in Washington, D.C. that prevent you from freely traveling to Cuba.  They claim that you need a permission slip.

Why do they support this isolationist foreign policy?  

The People Are Awake: Cuba

Daniel Sewer from Johns Hopkins was on C-SPAN's Washington Journal last week to discuss Cuba-U.S. relations.  At least one caller (from The Bronx) is wide awake to the history between the two state's.

Take a listen...