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and early 1950'5. Havana was an international tourist w .... li·hu business people. mafia and international stars. The .. U' .... . "r".lIc hotels. sex shows. drugs and prostitution stood. ;;}:o!�;;.ag.iin!;t backdrop of local economic depression and poverty. took this as an obvious symbol of imperialistic :In.lijuaIi1:v;.For years under Castro. Cuba struggled along without a irls'til1l(Jylstry. Now tourism is being encouraged again. food shortages have left Cubans struggling for even the government spends money on toiletries, foreign ;.ilci ..... ·An,14 almEtni1,ies for a tourism industry that employs only a small ...... ;........... of the population. Locals are being prohibited from $CIIChIBSI3"c:e again by forelgn-owned resort complexes and prostitutes li�'ejl��rrilenJied who can make more in a night than many state !iiiipiolyed��olikers make in a month. Whether the incoming foreign iffltncy;vlrill imprc»ve the life of the average Cuban remains to be seen. ? . for US citizens to travel to US government administers an �h�lrn,"'·1'I, .. t aims to isolate Cuba and deprive means that people under the :· .... . TrHII IInlTArl Stateႀ are legally forbidden to any currency) In arrt Cuban owned :his·� accommodation and food, Cuban and entrance/exit fees. Criminal r"vl,018tlnlothe sanctions can reach 10 years in individual fines. are issued to journalists, officials, humanitarian aid of pharmaceutical companies relatives in special circumstances. fully-hosted or sponsored by people are permitted to travel to Cuba but are still not allowed to take a direct flight from the United States. The Treasury Department puts the burden of proof of sponsorship on the individual traveler. The traveler will be considered in violation of the sanctions until they can provide documentation of their full sponsorship including visa and entry/exit tax payments. Special licenses are issued by the Office of Foreigl'l Assets Controll US Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Annex Building 2nd Floor, Washington , DC 20220, (202) 622-2480. US agents who provide toursltravel to Cuba must have lnl:lucfes. authorization from the Treasury Department. To find out if your local travel agent is authorized, call 305-530-7177. Travelers with special licence for travel to Cl!lba usually fly through Nassau, Bahamas on Cubana Airlines. Travelers who claim full sponsorship cannot fly through Nassau, and often fly through Cancun or Mexico City on Mexicana. In the 1950's, Fidel Castro was drafted by the New York Yankees to play profeSSional baseball, but turned down the offer to become the leader of the Cuban Revolution. Last year, Orlando 'EI Duque' Hernandez escaped from Cuba in a small boat as a refugee. He then pitched for the 1998 World Series Champion Yankees team. His contract reads $6.6 million . -.... . - 1959 » > 1961 1962 TRACING THE PAST