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First US cruise ship since 70s docks in Havana

The first US cruise ship in nearly 40 years crossed the Florida Straits from Miami and docked in Havana, re-starting commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility.

First US cruise ship since 70s docks in Havana

Tue, 03 May, 2016 - 01:00

Michael Weissenstein, Havana

Carnival Cruise Line’s Adonia became the first US cruise ship in Havana since president Jimmy Carter eliminated virtually all restrictions of US travel to Cuba in the late 1970s.

Travel limits were restored after Carter left office and US cruises to Cuba only become possible again after Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro declared detente on December 17, 2014.

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