Nicaragua Opens “Visa Free” for Cubans
The Nicaraguan authorities did not inform whether they will require Cubans to show a negative covid-19 test that they ask for tourists.
HAVANA TIMES – On November 22, the Ortega regime established entry into Nicaragua “visa free” for citizens of Cuba as a “humanitarian” measure to benefit Cubans with relatives in the country and others.
A resolution of the Ministry of the Interior (Migob), which came into effect this Monday, has the main objective of facilitating commercial trips and family tourism.
“Given the number of requests from Cuban citizens with relatives in Nicaragua, and in order to promote commercial exchange, tourism and humanitarian family relations, as of Monday, November 22, 2021, entry without a visa is established for all Cuban citizens who wish to enter Nicaragua,” indicated Migob.
With this decision, Cubans will no longer have to pay 17.85 dollars for a tourist visa that Nicaragua extends on the island, and which lasts for 30 days, extendable to 90 days.
Without explanation
The elimination of the visa for Cuba means that the islanders will also not need to explain the reason for travel in order to obtain permission to travel to Nicaragua.
The Nicaraguan authorities did not report whether Cubans must abide by the measures of the pandemic to enter Nicaragua, such as the negative covid-19 test with a maximum validity of three days, or the pre-check with seven days in advance.
Until before the covid-19 pandemic, it was common to see Cuban citizens crowded into the Managua International Airport, lining up to return to Havana, with multiple shopping suitcases with items to resell.
The Nicaraguan and Cuban governments have had close political relations every time the Central American country has been ruled by Daniel Ortega, first between 1979 and 1990, and then from 2007 to date.
Both countries are part of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, which includes Bolivia, Venezuela and several other smaller Caribbean Island nations.
Pretty sure that some of those travelling to Nicaragua will be there to, help to control who is coming through and to help the Orteguista Police, the Army and paramilitaries to have more controls over the Nicaraguan population, specially after learning that most people did not vote for the OM Dictatorship on N7.
I agree with Olgasintamales. It is clear that this move is too facilitate the exodus of Cubans from the island. It has to be because nobody wants to go to Nicaragua just to go to Nicaragua. It has to be one of the few places on the planet worse than Cuba.
Ortega, following orders from the Plaza de la Revolución. Now thousands of Cubans will go to Nicaragua to cross through Central America and reach the USA border creating a migratory crisis on the border and La Habana getting rid of unhappy people and avoid another civil unrest as on J11. More people leaving is more money to send back to their kidnaped relatives on the island to keep alive the Cuban nightmare called “revolution”