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Deborah
Thu, 5 Dec 2013 14:18 EST
criminal record
Am I still able to go to cuba if I have a criminal record? And do I need a passport
Margaruite Dudley
Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:02 EDT
visiting cuba in February
Looking at staying in a Bed & Breakfast. Will I need any kind of documents to do so? If yes what do I need to do to get them?
peg deaton
Thu, 7 Mar 2013 13:26 EST
Cuban flag
Hello1 I am a member of the Brockville Ontario
Council on Multiculturalism. Each year we have
a Multicultural Festival, this year May 2 and 3.
We also display the flag of any country who participates on the day(s) that country celebrates
its national day in Canada. I would be very grateful
if you could send us a flag, 36 by 72 or about
that size. Do we need to buy it? Could you donate it?
Please let me know.
Peg Deaton, 613-342-0633 Brockville
Polly
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:42 EST
Tourist VISA
To whom this may concern,

I am a British citizen, and a temporary resident and student in Quebec, Canada. I would very much like to secure a tourist visa for Cuba for this coming April.

I have tried to find online forms which I could send electronically or by post, but have struggled to find any, and am unsure which websites are "legitimate".

Moreover, I was unable to communicate with anybody when I telephoned the Cuban consulate in Ottawa, and was unable to leave a message.

I would be very grateful if anybody could advise me on how best to apply for a tourist visa, and if I need to book an appointment at the Consulate itself (and if so, how!!!).
jasem
Fri, 8 Feb 2013 04:47 EST
visa to cuba
i live in ottawa and i still permanent resident so i have travel documet... my questin is, do i need visa to go to cuba or not
Peter
Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:58 EST
Guitar Strings to Cuba
I would like to take some guitar strings (Classical / Nylon) with me to Cuba for the local musicians. Since most strings are manufactured in the USA, will they be confiscated upon entry into Cuba?
Larry
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:52 EST
Death in Cuba
I have been to Cuba many times andnever had any problems.

I have heard a person has been found a Cuban beach this month from drowning. His was from the Toronto. if anyone has any information on this person would you please contact me.
Foreign executives arrested in Cuba in 2011 await
Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:37 EST
Foreign executives arrested in Cuba in 2011 await charges
Foreign executives arrested in Cuba in 2011 await charges
By Marc Frank | Reuters – Tue, 9 Oct, 2012
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 ostensibly for corrupt practices have been held by Cuban authorities for a year or more and still have not been charged with a crime, sources with knowledge of the cases said this week.
Their ongoing legal limbo has put a behind-the-scenes strain on Cuba's relations with their home countries - Canada and Britain - where the legal process protects suspects from lengthy incarceration without charges, western diplomats told Reuters.
Police closed the Havana offices of the British investment and trading firm Coral Capital Group Ltd last October and arrested chief executive Amado Fakhre, a Lebanese-born British citizen.
A month earlier authorities shut down one of the most important Western trading companies in Cuba, Canada-based Tokmakjian Group, after doing the same in July 2011 to another Canadian trading firm, Tri-Star Caribbean.
Cuban authorities say the cases, which are part of a larger crackdown on corruption on the communist island, are being handled within the letter of Cuban law.
The local legal process does call for defendants to be informed of why they were arrested and sets out time limits for charges to be filed, but they can be waved indefinitely in "exceptional circumstances."
Cy Tokmakjian, head of the Tokmakjian Group, and Sarkis Yacoubian, head of Tri-Star, were arrested and confined to comfortable safe houses when their businesses were closed, but earlier this year both were transferred to La Condesa, a prison for foreigners just outside Havana.
Coral Capital's Fakhre was recently transferred to a military hospital when he fell ill after months in prison.
His company's chief operating officer, British citizen Stephen Purvis, was arrested in April and is in the Villa Marista prison run by state security, sources said.
A number of other foreigners and Cubans who worked for the companies remain free, but cannot leave the island because they are considered witnesses in the cases.
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
Asked at a Havana penal conference last week when charges might be filed against the businessmen, Cuban Attorney General Dario Delgado told Reuters the investigation had not concluded because of the complicated nature of the alleged crimes.
"The cases are in the investigative stage and still have not been presented to the court, but I can guarantee they are proceeding according to Cuban law," he said.
"There isn't the slightest reason for concern. These cases, which involve economic crimes, are very complicated. They do not involve, for example, traffic violations or a murder," he said.
Cuban Comptroller General Gladys Bejerano told reporters at the same conference that the length of investigations depended on the behavior of those involved.
"When there is fraud, tricks and violations ... false documents, false accounting ... there is no transparency and the process becomes more complicated because a case must be documented with evidence before going to trial," she said.
Western diplomats acknowledged that the cases were being handled within Cuban law, but said there was no due process by western standards.
Cuba's judicial system has been widely criticized because all branches are controlled by the state and inevitably this leads to tension when foreign nationals are arrested.
"It is not just that they haven't been charged. They can be questioned without a lawyer present and that lawyer would work for the state anyhow," one diplomat said.
Under Cuban law a defendant must be represented by a Cuban public defender, though other lawyers can consult on the case, they said.
"There is regular, monthly counselor access and some contact with Cuban defense lawyers, but we certainly would like to see the process proceed more quickly and transparently," another diplomat said.
Soon after taking over for his ailing brother Fidel in 2008, President Raul Castro established the comptroller general's office with a seat on the ruling Council of State, even as Cuba began implementing market-oriented economic reforms.
The measure marked the start of the campaign to weed out corruption and reflected concern over graft that followed similar reforms in other communist countries, foreign and local experts said.
Since then, high-level corruption has been uncovered in one sector of the economy after another, from the cigar, nickel, and communications industries, to food processing and civil aviation.
(Reporting by Marc Frank; Editing by Jeff Franks and Jackie Frank)
Nick Mehta
Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:32 EDT
Safe country, Great people.
I have been going to Cuba from canada for a number of years. I found the country dafe, well run where people are "really" happy, cultured and rich inside, if not financially. Although communist, I personally believe that in many ways country is well run and people are content. Cuba is beautiful.
Linda P
Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:00 EDT
Cuba is safe
I have been to cuba many times. It is a safe place to visit but like all foreign places, I suggest you look up the rules of what to do and what not to do while visiting.Go to the site of foreign affairs & international trade Canada and get a travel report of Cuba.I have been to many places in Cuba & never had any problems.I follow their rules & made many friends there.I will go again soon.Be careful when renting a car,if you are not experienced or if you are nervous driver, DON'T rent a car.It's not easy to drive there.If you don't speak spanish, it is hard to get around if you don't know the place. Get a guide.The laws are tough there.DON'T break them.Yes you can be looked at guilty before innocent.Be good and enjoy,they are great people...

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