By John R. Byrne
It looks like four major cruise lines will be paying for ferrying passengers to Cuba. In a 169 page order, Judge Bloom ruled that the cruise lines--Carnival, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and MSC Cruises--engaged in "prohibited tourism" and "trafficking activities" in Cuba during the time cruising there was briefly sanctioned by the federal government. The lawsuit was brought under the Helms-Burton Act. The Herald covers the case here.
I'm sure that Judge Bloom's order was legally sound. She's no fool. But as for the rest of us, seriously, still with the Cuban Embargo thing? 60 years later, after Fidel ruled his entire life, died on his own terms, passed power to his brother, and his brother passed power on too; some of you people still think that this is somehow good or effective policy? Face it, the Embargo failed - past tense. Let's open things up. Let's get in there, invest, make money, and hopefully improve the lives of the people in the process. I know that the country is ruled by corrupt villains. But the Embargo isn't changing that.
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