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How Americans Can Travel to Cuba: A CBS Early Show Report

Caribbean, CBS News, Passports & Customs, TV/Videos, Videos — on October 11, 2011 2:10 pm
How Americans Can Travel to Cuba: A CBS Early Show Report

For years Cuba has been a forbidden country for Americans, only assessable to travelers willing to risk losing their passport in the process. But this year, thanks to changes in policy implemented by the Obama Administration, the first group of Americans were able to travel legally to the country.

On the CBS Early Show, Peter reports on the new travel opportunities available to this island nation and the restrictions that still exist.

Watch the video below:

For more of Peter’s CBS Early Show segments take a look at our CBS News Category.

Find out what the easing of restrictions mean for travelers and for US-Cuban relations in our corresponding news story, Americans Tour Groups Arrive in Cuba, Diplomatic Thaw Ahead?

  • http://twitter.com/vsasson Victor E. Sasson

    I visited Cuba as a journalist seven times between 1997 and 2004, staying with a Cuban family and eating in home restaurants. I also organized my own two-week driving tour around what is the Caribbean’s biggest island. 

    What this report may have missed is how much the Cuban people love Americans, and how many ties they have to relatives who have emigrated to the United States.