Saladman posted:

Well, for anyone interested no nothing has changed yet. Trump's announced change looks like it will be exclusively to shut down the "support for the Cuban people" exchange category ( https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/cuba_faqs_new.pdf ; specific regulation is 31 CFR § 515.574). This is the category which essentially legalizes individually-managed cultural visits to Cuba, i.e. if you stay in casas particulares and go around to cultural events instead of just sitting at the beach on Varadero. So, this is the exception that almost everyone is taking unless they bend the truth (I have a blog so 'journalism') or have family/professional reasons for being there.