Fionn: No. I have not been to Cuba. Travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, the last time I checked, was not encouraged. I will say it one more time: I favor lifting the sanctions! Why shouldn't we have free trade with Cuba, everybody else does! If the Cuban regime is as benvolent as most posting here believe, however, why do so many Cubans but their asses to try to get to the U.S.? It can't solely be because of the sanctions. Why did Elian's mother lose her life and the risk the life of her small son to get to the U.S. from Cuba? She wanted a McDonald's hamburger, maybe? DougR