Keine Kreuzfahrtschiffe mehr nach Cuba ??
#1 Keine Kreuzfahrtschiffe mehr nach Cuba ??
Cuba Ends Contract Cruise Terminal Company
Thursday August 11, 5:57 pm ET
Cuba Ends Contract With Business That Administers Island's Cruise Terminals
The 'Sunbird' cruise ship sails into the Havana Bay, Cuba, in this Jan. 2, 2003 file photo. The Cuban Government decided to end its agreements with the company that manages the docking of tourist cruise ships in the Cuban ports. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, file)
HAVANA (AP) -- The Cuban government ended a contract with the company administering the island's cruise terminals following remarks by President Fidel Castro that cruise ships exploit small Caribbean countries and were no longer welcome in Cuba.
A Council of State resolution signed Aug. 2 and published in last week's Official Gazette ended a seven-year relationship with the Italian company Silares Terminales del Caribe, which operated here as a mixed-enterprise business with the island's CUBANCO S.A.
Silares will no longer administer docking operations, and ownership of all equipment and infrastructure will revert back to the state, the resolution said.
The resolution didn't say whether cruise ships would be able to come to Cuba in the future under different arrangements. The tourism ministry was contacted by The Associated Press but made no comment.
Silares officials also did not respond to requests for an interview.
In a May speech, Castro said fellow Caribbean states were informed that Cuba would not be accepting more cruise ships ...
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Und hier sehen wir wie die Einwohner Habanas zum Hafen laufen um gegen das Einlaufen eines Kreuzfahrtschiffes zu protestieren:
#3 El fin de los cruceros a Cuba
El Gobierno de la isla rechaza y califica de "basura" este tipo de turismo, que supone 246 millones al año
MAURICIO VICENT - La Habana
EL PAÍS - Última - 03-09-2005El crucero Arosa Blu, de Londres, atracado en La Habana el pasado miércoles. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Una canción cubana de moda en los sesenta decía: "Se acabó la diversión, llegó el comandante y mandó a parar". Hacía referencia, desde luego, a las diversiones y "vicios capitalistas", contra los que Fidel Castro había lanzado una cruzada nacional. Por aquel entonces, los turistas estadounidenses viajaban a La Habana en barcos cruceros y algunos se entregaban a los placeres de la carne, el daiquiri y los juegos de azar.
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