Traveling Between Cuba and the United States Over the Holidays? Good Luck Claire Lancaster - PRI's The World
go to original November 29, 2013

Havana, Cuba (Wikimedia)

Traveling between Cuba and the United States has been difficult for some time, but it may just become even harder.

Earlier this week, Cuba indefinitely suspended its consular services across the United States, blaming America's long-standing trade embargo for the shutdown. The suspension will affect many, both Cubans and Americans, who need documents approved by Cuban consular officials before takeoff.

Cuba claims it has been unable to find a replacement for New York’s M&T bank, which announced last July it will stop serving the Cuba mission's banking needs.

But Dr. Jose Azel, a Cuban exile and senior scholar at the University of Miami, suspects the suspension is a political issue, rather than a practical one.

"There's no reason why Cuba should not be able to find a bank. There's no impediment coming from the US government," Azel says.

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