Coast Guard: new ban on boats to Cuba
Friday, July 9, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA (UPI): No U.S. vessels will
be allowed to travel to Cuban waters without a special permit, the Coast Guard
announced Thursday. Violators caught without a permit could be fined $25,000
for each day they are in violation and a $10,000 on the spot ticket.
Anyone who knowingly violates the ban could
be imprisoned and the vessel impounded. The
permit and ban order replace a three-mile security zone around Florida that
was used to prevent boats of 50 meters or less from entering Cuban waters. The
security zone was put in place after Cuba shot down two small U.S. aircraft in
international airspace in 1996. "The
unauthorized entry of U.S.-registered vessels into Cuban territorial waters is
detrimental to the foreign policy of the United States, which is to deny
monetary and material support to the repressive Cuban government," states a
presidential proclamation signed in February.
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