Shattered Dreams for Cubans Who Won U.S. Visa Lottery

Several Cubans who won the U.S. visa lottery this year have had their visas denied at the U.S. Embassy in Havana for “national security” reasons. The refusals stem from the partial travel ban enacted on Cuban nationals last month. 

Several applicants say they were told at their interviews that they were suspected of being members of Cuba’s Communist Party or other political organizations simply because they worked in Cuba’s state sector, the island’s main source of employment.

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