To End the "Information Embargo," End the Ban on Travel by Americans To Cu

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Wow! That response didn't take long. :-)

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In reaction to the speech by President Bush (news - web sites) today toughening restrictions on travel by Americans to Cuba, Sarah Stephens, director of the Freedom to Travel Campaign, issued the following statement:

"If President Bush wants to end the 'information embargo' to Cuba, he should stop preventing Americans from traveling to Cuba," Ms. Stephens said. "Americans are the best ambassadors we have for spreading information about the US to Cuba, and all he has done today -- by making it tougher to travel to Cuba -- is to continue the failed policies of isolating Cuba, economically and diplomatically, that have not worked for over 40 years."

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1. Well put

My sentiments exactly. This asshole Bush will say anythiung to any group to get re-selected. Absolutely shameless.

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2. Wayne Smith, former US Interests Section diplomat and Cuba expert

will have an opinion on this that ought to be very intersting. His website is

www.ciponline.org

The Freedom to Travel Campaign is a project of the Center for International Policy of which Wayne Smith is a senior fellow.