Last Call for Cuba

That’s the word from travel outfitter Geographic Expeditions. The company says the U.S. State Department is further restricting “people-to-people” travel to Cuba—a move I hadn’t heard about until I received the company’s newsletter on Monday. I assume the change is designed to punish the Castro regime for the latest draconian crackdown on dissidents. The result? “Organizations that hold the special permits necessary for ‘people to people’ travel in Cuba will not have their permits renewed this year,” the newsletter states. Geographic Expeditions has added additional trips in September, before its permit expires Oct. 1. Meanwhile, the company says it’s considering organizing a trip to Iraq for next spring.

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