You Can't Go There!

Most of us believe that Americans have the freedom to travel wherever they choose; and, in fact we do--almost. We have the freedom to travel to any country in the world except for one. Now that you considered it, you probably have come to the correct conclusion that the one country you cannot travel to is one of our nearest neighbors--Cuba. The US has had a 50 year ban on Cuban travel. You can travel to North Korea or Iran (remember the "Axis of Evil"?), but you cannot travel to Cuba.

159 Congressmen and 29 Senators have sponsored the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act--a bipartisan effort to open travel to Cuba for all US citizens. The Cuban American Alliance, The Cuban American Commission for Family Rights, and Human Rights Watch have endorsed this concept.

Orbitz.com has recently launched OpenCuba.org, a website that gives citizens a method to petition their leaders to end this 50-year ban on travel to Cuba.

If you wish to support the Travel to Cuba Act, you can sign the petition at OpenCuba.org.