Quote Originally Posted by Nigel Hanrahan View Post
This one is somewhat chess-related: the Government of Canada, among other things, has eliminated visa processing at the Canadian Embassy in Havana. So Cubans now have to fly to another country to get a visa to come to Canada - say, to play in a chess tournament.

I guess that is effectively goodbye to all Cuban chess-players in Canadian tournaments.

Not very friendly by Canada I would say.
That is surprising. Any word of why they have done that? Justin Trudeau was very close to Fidel Castro. He wrote a glowing eulogy when he died.