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Should US citizens be allowed to travel to Cuba?

Results so far:

Yes
87% 291 votes Total: 336 votes
No
13% 45 votes
  • 1 of 26

    by Overton G. Ganong

    Should American Citizens Be Allowed to Travel to Cuba? Of course, they should. Doesn't the Declaration of Independence declare that the inalienable rights of mankind are "li...read more

  • 2 of 26

    by Joseph Whalen

    It is difficult to comprehend that tomorrow I could be sitting on a beach in scenic Iraq on vacation in the middle of a war zone, but I can't even have a stopover in Cuba on a f...read more

  • by William Parise

    Should US citizens be allowed to travel to Cuba? This question really caught my attention, because my question was more along the lines of, does Cuba really want US citizens to ...read more

  • 4 of 26

    by skywriting-on-vapors

    If we can travel to Cuba or anywhere else in our imagination, then why not indeed in a physical manifestation? It's an absurd notion to maintain in 2008 the ideas and ideals...read more

  • 5 of 26

    by Jim Mcfalls

    China, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia...Want to go to the Olympics in Beijing? How about the museums in St. Petersburg or the Kremlin? Mecca is nice this time of year. How about ...read more

  • 6 of 26

    by M. Rodriguez

    Just to clarify, U.S. citizens are allowed to travel to Cuba if it is a humanitarian or educational visit to the country. So yes, if our goal is for the purpose of gaining a be...read more

  • 7 of 26

    by Kathleen Fabregas

    We've all heard about the long-standing ban on American citizens visiting or doing business with Cuba. Perhaps because it's forbidden, it just makes it that much more intriguing...read more

  • 8 of 26

    by Nicole Oickle

    America wants her freedom. In fact, America fought for freedom in several civil wars including World War I and II. Looking at this question, where is the freedom that America ...read more

  • 9 of 26

    by Carole Hill

    I personally, would love to visit Cuba, simply because of its obscurity and ambiguity. The fact that we were not given ample information in our history books when we were young...read more

  • 10 of 26

    by Lesley Mason

    Do you want to look at that question again, and just think about what it means? Go on. Take a moment. The United States of America, bastion of the free world, the single rem...read more

  • 11 of 26

    by Robert Mckenna

    What better way to bring Cuba into the world arena then by exposure to the people of the United States. How can the USA stand as an example of democracy and free enterprise whe...read more

  • 12 of 26

    by Bryan W. Alaspa

    I have believed that the citizens of the US should have been allowed to visit Cuba a long time ago. Even during the darkest days of the cold war, you could still take a trip to...read more

  • 13 of 26

    by Ted Sherman

    YES: Why do we have to wait until Fidel finally meets up with Che before the ban on US citizen travel is lifted? Everyone knows it has been sidestepped, evaded, ignored, avoided...read more

  • 14 of 26

    by Robert Paturzo-Elliott

    This is question which defies belief, do we live in a free world or not. I was born in Australian and my dad had a Italian background, we have many relations in Italy and aro...read more

  • 15 of 26

    by John Graham

    Our relationship with Cuba is the product of J.F. Kennedy's paranoia and the machinations of the U.S. State Department. Kennedy, being a product of the era of the Un-America...read more

  • 16 of 26

    by Huma Rashid

    The reason that American tourist travel to Cuba is even up for debate is because of the drastic difference between the two countries. Cuba is a Communist country that up until F...read more

  • 17 of 26

    by Joyce D. Sinclair

    Fidel Castro has announced that he will be stepping down as the dictator of Cuba, a position he has held for 49 years. The trade, financial and commercial embargo the US has ag...read more

  • 18 of 26

    by Graham Lear

    Cuba a island in the Caribbean that is run by the great arch enemy of the USA Fidel Castro,and the one place that no American can go on vacation to ,so much for the land of the ...read more

  • 19 of 26

    by Sean Curtis

    Why are we supposed to hate Cuba? Trade relations? The whole missile crisis thing? Communism? A personal tiff with Castro? The cause of the tension has many layers and nuances, ...read more

  • 20 of 26

    by Richard Ford

    What is this ban supposed to achieve? There can be only two possible purposed on restricting the movements of US citizens. Firstly, the government may be trying to restrict C...read more

  • 1 of 2

    by Heidi Feaviour

    The attraction of Cuba IS it's political history. For a country so determined to be self-sufficient without America's complete help, purely as a matter of principle, is of publi...read more

  • 2 of 2

    by Eileen Buchan

    No. Being English and being in the fortunate position to travel to Cuba several times I have seen first hand what an impact the trade embargo has had on the ordinary Cuban peopl...read more

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