Thanks for mentioning the other thread, Spaw, I've had a look. It seems nobody around this place has a good word to say for the sanctions.

You say many Americans, not just the Government and displaced Cubans, hold a grudge against Cuba and that it will take 25 years for feelings to subside. Speaking as an outsider, I find it hard to understand how such a small island continues to draw such antagonism.

It is so ironic that the "land of the free" imposes Iron Curtain-style travel restrictions on its people in the name of democratic values.