GlimmerGirl24 wrote on Feb 22
nd, 2016 at 1:13pm:
With the US Embargo it makes it messy selling or giving tickets to US citizens. It might make sense to announce the concert a week before - cutting out expectation that tickets will be available via the Internet.
The embargo is one way...US>Cuba...and that does not apply to people...only commerce, theoretically...as many US companies sell their products there...Coke...Ronzoni...DelMonte...and a few others I recall seeing on the shelves...and dont forget, American Airlines has been flying there about 6 times a week for the last 40 years.
If you fly through Mexico and stay in Mexico for less than 24 hrs, you dont have to pay Mexican departure taxes!! I think the Caymans have the same rule...I cant recall.
You can no longer spend US Dollars there as Cuba has removed the dollar as one of its official currencies, they still have 3 currencies...the Cuban Peso...the Convertable Peso and the Euro. American cc cards dont work (You can get a prepaid Canadian CC card with RBC)
If this concert happens...it will be like this:
The upper class (yes, there is an upper class in Cuba) will get the best seats...Cuban nationals in the rest of the stadium and foreigners corralled in 2 sections, as the appartied is still alive and well in Cuba and downright shameful. I predict the show will be free for Cuban nationals and others will be charged by the state...how much? Who knows?!?