individual in cuba to another private business, et cetera. paul, the castro regime hasn t made many if any concessions on freedom for cubans, dozens of dissidents arrested just a week ago. how and when this will change? with all due respect to chris, no law has been changed in cuba. so any kind of exchange of convertible peso is because someone is favored enough to be able do it. but the law hasn t changed. but you re right, persecution has not only continued a pace, it has actually increased. we re on track this year for a record number of arrests. probably 8,000. hundreds of people regularly beaten and arrested. and nothing has been done about that. and that s why this policy has always been so unfortunate. the president missed an opportunity to use leverage to get the castro regime to do what
those little bitty businesses because those people cannot operate in a free economy. they are not even as free in their economy as the chinese were. so more needs to be done on the castro side. and the head of north american affairs says economic effects have been barely visible one year this later. allow do you expect this travel deal will help regular everyday cubans? it really is helping they will. for example, i to thedo these motorcycle tours and we re staying in private homes. using private restaurants almost exclusively. we hire the old 50s cars. so this is money directly into the hands of cubans. and it is actually incorrect just i wanted to correct that cuba can indeed use the convertible peso. that s what we re paying them in as travelers. and that channels through the economy from one private