Beyonce: Backlash from Cuba trip 'quite shocking'
By Jessica Chasmar
The Washington Times
Monday, May 6, 2013
Pop icon Beyonce called the amount of criticism she and husband Jay-Z
faced for their vacation in Cuba "shocking" in an interview that aired
Monday.
"You know, it was such a beautiful trip. I met some incredible children.
I visited some incredible entrepreneurs. I learned so much about so many
people and the country and [all of the criticism] was actually quite
shocking," the singer said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
The music power couple celebrated their fifth anniversary in Havana last
month, drawing the ire of several politicians. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
and Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart and Debbie Wasserman
Schultz have all questioned why — and how — the couple was able to visit
the communist country.
Jay-Z even released a song claiming to have received clearance for the trip.
The U.S. trade embargo against Cuba means that most Americans can't
freely travel there without first having a special license granted by
the federal government.
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