Cuba Denies Exit Permits to Students With U.S. Scholarships

September 4, 2009, 11:16 am

The Cuban government has denied exit permits to 30 Cuban college students who had been offered scholarships by the U.S. Department of State for academic programs at American colleges, and several of the students have been expelled by their home institutions.

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2 Responses to Cuba Denies Exit Permits to Students With U.S. Scholarships

akprof - September 4, 2009 at 5:33 pm

So much for closer relations

gavinmoodie - September 4, 2009 at 8:14 pm

True, this seems to show that Cuba is behaving as childishly as the US has done for half a century. But let’s not give up yet. The US and Cuba should try to develop trust from more low key and low risk measures to build confidence.