[DanBC]

See also Paypal blocking anything vaguely connected to Cuba.

I live in England. Let's say I want to go to see something about the Buena Vista Social Club, and that it is held in London. (London, England).

I am not allowed to use PayPal to pay, because Cuba.

People have tried and failed to buy dresses that are called "cuba".

[xenophonf]

That actually makes sense. Paypal is subject to U.S. embargoes of Cuba, Iran, Syria, etc. Yeah, it's kind of stupid to just do a pattern match, but until we invent A.I. strong enough to figure out when "Buena Vista Social Club" means London and not Havana, it's probably smarter to dedicate scarce resources to handling exceptions to the pattern match.