Pursuits
U.S. Eases Restrictions on Americans Who Want to Visit Cuba
- Americans can buy Cuban rum and cigars outside the U.S.
- Regulations may help Cuban baseball players play in U.S.
Pedestrians walk in Havana.
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The Obama administration will make it cheaper and easier for Americans to visit Cuba, while paving the way for more arrangements allowing Cuban athletes and entertainers to work and be paid in the U.S. without defecting.
U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba for "people-to-people exchanges" will be permitted to go as individuals, rather than with third-party groups, under regulatory changes that take effect Wednesday. Combined with new commercial flights between the U.S. and Cuba, Americans will be able to plan their own trips to Cuba so long as they can show they aim to support civil society and independence and have meaningful interactions with Cubans.