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Americans Who Can Travel to Cuba Right Now

(Aug. 17) -- If all goes according to plan, the Obama administration will make it slightly easier for Americans to travel to Cuba in the future, the New York Times reported today. The plan would effectively return the country's travel restriction policies to those in effect under President Clinton, who allowed groups...

Reader Feedback: Arizona Immigration, Debt, Cuba and More

(April 29) -- Editor's note: Below is a sampling of reader feedback about op-eds published on AOL News over the past week. The comments have been edited for length and clarity. (To submit a letter to the editor, write to opinion@aolnews.com.) Arizona's Immigration Law I just wanted to say thank you for posting this...

Debate: Travel Ban Hurts Cubans and Americans

(April 29) -- If a handful of powerful members of Congress have their way, by this time next year U.S. citizens will be able to travel freely to Cuba. It's about time. For reasons that have to do more with domestic politics than logic or effectiveness, the U.S. places tougher sanctions on Cuba than on any other country in...

Debate: Keep the Cuba Travel Ban in Place

(April 29) -- At a congressional hearing today, lawmakers will hear about why the U.S. should relax travel and trade sanctions against Cuba. It would, the argument goes, be good for the travel industry, good for farmers and even good for the Cuban people. Scott Fritz of the American Soybean Association recently put it...

Opinion: Next Stop, Havana?

(Feb. 12) -- Lawmakers searching for a shot in the arm for the U.S. economy could find it in the unlikeliest of places – Cuba. Next year will mark a half-century since the Bay of Pigs invasion that helped incite the long cold war across the Straits of Florida. Although Fidel Castro has disappeared from the public...