Fines threatened for advertising travel to Cuba

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon Dec 9 00:11:37 PST 2002


On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> ***** The travel ban on Cuba is authorized by the Trading with the
> Enemy Act of 1917, granting the President the power to prohibit
> financial transactions in time of war....

Thanks very much, Yoshie. This is exactly what I wanted to know. One last question: since when did we declare war on Cuba? I mean in the constitutional sense. Can there legally be a time of war without a declaration of war?

Michael



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