Veradero- Deep Sea Fishing

The boats that are in the marina used for deep sea fishing are owned by the government/military. On a practical note, unless the US government is tracking you by satellite there is absolutely no way for them to know what you're doing in Cuba unless you voluntarily provide them with that information. It will be nearly impossible for US tourists to follow the letter of the law as Raul and the military own and operate nearly every aspect of the tourism business in Cuba and I don't foresee that changing anytime soon.

Changes are supposed to take place in 90 days after the announcement. Your other thread says you're leaving 6/26 for 14 days.

Yes Lorena45, we are. Thx for keeping up w me. But, DT is nuts! I asked a question. Have you been told 90 days for certain? And, are any of us certain that we still won't be audited? NO! I try to do right, all the time. I pay my bills, I follow the law. I just want to go on vacation, have a good time, and try to give my money to people of Cuba! I honestly have no desire to give any $ to a communist govt. But, again, thx for checking up on my whereabouts on another post. Geez. I'll just get off the lonely planet. My time here is done.

High on Cuba policy proposal: restricting U.S. business deals with Cuba’s military-run entities

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article155772469.html

The announced changes do not take effect until OFAC issues new regulations. Consistent with the Administration’s interest in not negatively impacting American businesses for engaging in lawful commercial opportunities, any Cuba-related commercial engagement that includes direct transactions with entities related to the Cuban military, intelligence, or security services that may be implicated by the new Cuba policy will be permitted provided that those commercial engagements were in place prior to the issuance of the forthcoming regulations.

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/cuba_faqs_20170616.pdf

I believe that particular passage was written specifically for the airlines and cruise ships only,but we won't know for at least the next 90 days.

You are right - sorry.

I meant to quote the previous section:

The announced changes do not take effect until OFAC issues new regulations. Consistent with the Administration’s interest in not negatively impacting Americans for arranging lawful travel to Cuba, any travel-related arrangements that include direct transactions with entities related to the Cuban military, intelligence, or security services that may be implicated by the new Cuba policy will be permitted provided that those travel arrangements were initiated prior to the issuance of the forthcoming regulations.

There are tour companies owned by individual Cubas. WowCuba would be an example. It is owned by a Cuban man and his Canadian wife. However, they specialize in scuba diving and bicycle tours and I don't think they do deep sea fishing (although you can find out by checking their website.) That said, the minute their tour group steps foot on a boat, that boat will be one owned by the Cuban government (as indicated by Poster #1. The exact same thing would be true for any other tour company, be it a US or a Cuban company. The boats will not belong to the company, but to the government. (Or perhaps to the resort, which will belong to the government.)

But what's your issue about the money you spend in Cuba going to the government anyway? Are you not aware that the government provides every citizen with free prenatal to grave medical care, preschool to grad school education, specialized training in sports and the arts for those who are interested and show an aptitude, a monthly food quota for every single citizen. Where do you suppose the government gets the money to do all that for all of its 11 million plus citizens, if not its capitalist (yes, capitalist!) business ventures?

I'm not saying this is the world's greatest system or anything of the kind. I'm merely pointing out the obvious: that it's money brought in by tourism that it makes it possible for the Cuban government to do as much as it does for its people. Without it (like back in the early 1990s when tourism was not nearly as robust as it is now), things were a whole lot harder for ordinary Cubans.

Varadero is a special district/province in Cuba,like Havana, under the direct governance of Raul Castro,the Commander in Chief of the military, beyond its geographic location Varadero is not part of Matanzas province and the majority of the businesses there are run and managed by Raul Castro and the military,they benefit from the business generated there. So just about anything you do in Varadero is going benefit Raul and the upper echelon of the military first.