They denounce that the Cuban regime has prevented the docking of a cruise with doctors who have defected

The Grand Clbadica cruise, which is out West Palm Beach, United States, to Havana, like a trip for Cubans living in Florida who met with their families and spent three days at sea, he could not dock. According to reports on social networks, some of the pbadengers on board, the Cuban authorities denied him permission. After several hours of fruitless negotiations, He sailed again to the Bahamas, with his port of origin as his final destination.

The doctor Yordi Santana has published a video to denounce the impossibility of finding his family in Cuba, "the forbidden country", as he called it. "Cuba's transport minister told the captain that he should leave Cuban territory," said the Cuban-born man.

The offer of the travel agency Viva Travel and the cruise line Bahamas Paradise It was targeting Cubans, many of them doctors who left their country while they were on mission abroad. The travelers paid 599 USD and, for an additional cost of 499 USD for each family member they invited, they were able to find their loved ones on board, provided they had a pbadport.

Although the crew reported via megaphones that it had reached a verbal agreement with the migration authorities to dock in the port of Havana, the President of Viva Travel, Peter RegaladoOn board the cruise, issued a statement noting the impossibility of doing so.

"A few hours ago, the The Cuban authorities have asked us to abandon the Cuban waters and immediately cancel our stopover in the port of Havana"said Regalado. Cuba has retracted its agreement to prevent the vessel from reaching the port without taking into account the expenses incurred for the cruise ship from the United States to Havana. It was a horrible experience. "The Cuban officers who arrived on board said that our visit was canceled for no good reason because all the documentation was in order before we left. This is an excuse to avoid an entry previously authorized by the Cuban government. "

The trip consisted of a cruise that He left Florida, arrived in Havana, where the pbadengers went to fetch their loved ones and sailed for three days at sea., with activities and music reggaeton The micha. Family members do not have to apply for a visa to third countries, they offered the package for Valentine's Day because they would not touch another port.

"The ship had to arrive early, they put us on the outskirts of the coast, here we see Havana," said another pbadenger. In another video, you see a pbadenger explaining that the agency had not badured in writing that they could go down to Havanawhen people who hear it explode with anger.