Congressional Digest

Excerpt

Only 90 miles of water separate Cuba from the United States, but for
the last half century, relations between the two nations have been
anything but neighborly. Since Fidel Castro came to power in 1960, U.S.
policy toward Cuba has sought to isolate the island nation through a
comprehensive economic and trade embargo to protest the repressive
policies of its communist government.
A key ? and
controversial ? component of this policy has been restrictions on
travel and private remittances. In 1963, the administration of
President John F. Kennedy prohibited U.S. citizens from traveling to
Cuba or making financial or …