Cuba To Lift Travel Restrictions

After 51 yeas, Cuba will allow residents to leave and return.

The Cuban government imposed broad restrictions on travel starting in 1961 to try to stop a mass migration of people fleeing after the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power.

The government now is set to lift requirements to obtain an exit visa permitting departure from Cuba and a letter of invitation from someone in the destination country.

Cuba’s President Raul Castro.

Instead, starting on Jan. 14, Cubans will simply have to show a passport and, if needed, a visa from the country to which they are traveling, Communist Party newspaper Granma said.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.