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On Tuesday, CBS This Morning devoted a nearly five minute segment to touting Carnival offering cruises to Cuba starting in 2016. Co-host Norah O’Donnell proclaimed: “The historic reopening of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba creates new business opportunities for both countries. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, is announcing it received permission from the U.S. government to begin travel to Cuba.”
However, back in May, during an interview with CBS’s travel editor Peter Greenberg, Republican Senator Jeff Flake – a supporter of opening diplomatic relations with Cuba – shot down the possibility of cruising to Cuba under the embargo guidelines.