"ZZBunker" wrote in message
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Jim Watt wrote in message
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On 4 Aug 2003 18:08:45 -0700, (ZZBunker) wrote:

The original lease was a hundred years.
Since then, it's been extended. Since Cuba is desparately
in need of US tourism money far more than it's
need of Gitmo or UN money.

I thought it was illegal for US citizens to go there at present.

It's hardly illegal, since the Navy has a base there.
And the CIA is known to frequent many places in the Carribean.
And the State Department, who are US Citizens hopefully,
can do pretty much whatever they want to, with foreign relations.
And the International Olympics Officials are there constantly.


It's not illigal to travel to Cuba, it's illigal to do buisniss with Cuba or
Cuban companies.
- You can travel there, but while you're there you can't spend any money.
So it's effectivly illigal for turist travel.

Note there is a procedure to get exceptions to the rule and food and medice
can be sold to Cuba.
Plus you can send a small $500(?) amount of money to your relatives in cuba
each year.

Fidel does not bank the rent cheque for your occupied territory

(or so he said on television, I have no personal knowledge of his
finances)

I don't bank US Government Checks either. That's
sorta like investing in Money Markets. Which
is even sillier than investing in an
Ivy League Education.

You missed the English/American transaltion there. "Bank check" = "Cash
check"

Money is sitting in an escrow account some where.

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