That's sorta true but they can't really do anything about it and thats all the Cubans want.

When we did the KW-Cuba race in 1980 I carried $34,000 over in a canvas sack on my J24 to pay for all they hotels and bus tours that we had arranged. US State Dept. and customs knew what we were doing and just said "have a good time".

The next year when there was really bad weather, the boat carrying the money almost sank on the way over.