Why Are Americans Not Allowed to Travel to Cuba?
The U.S. government first forbade Americans from visiting Cuba in 1963. President Eisenhower initiated the ban along with a full embargo to isolate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. From the 1960s on, the issue of foreign relations with Cuba has been a thorny domestic political issue in the United States, especially as Cuban exiles in Florida have gained more political power. While successive presidents have differed on the details, the ban has been in effect more or less since.
