Settlement Agreements between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and Expedia Group, Inc.; Hotelbeds USA, Inc.; and Cubasphere, Inc. and an Individual

June 13, 2019 OFAC 0

Release of OFAC Civil Penalties Information​​ The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a $325,406 settlement with Expedia Group, Inc. (“Expedia”). Expedia, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide, has agreed to pay $325,406 to settle Read more

U.S. gov’t: $1 million-plus for emerging Cuban leaders

June 13, 2019 Rodrigo 0

The State Department plans to spend more than $1 million to train “a new generation of independent leaders to bolster Cubans’ abilities to develop independent civil society communities and express ideas regarding human rights and democracy to peers and those outside Cuba.” A State Department proposal says “this cadre of professionals will Read more

The Perverse Logic of the New Cuba Travel Restrictions.

June 8, 2019 Sharon Wrobel 0

Since the latest attack on US- Cuba travel, there has been a flood responses pointing out that the policy doesn’t make sense because it will actually harm the very people the administration purports to support: the Cuban people. These new regulations eliminate the Group People-to-People Educational Travel from the list Read more

Can U.S. Citizens Still Travel to Cuba?

June 5, 2019 ProximityCuba 0

As we are sure many of you are now aware that yesterday, June 4, 2019, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has removed “group People-to-People educational travel” from the list of approved travel among other regulation changes. Effective today, June 5, 2019, U.S. Read more

Cuban academics denied visas to attend congress in U.S.

May 27, 2019 On Cuba 0

Only 24 experts, around 10 percent of those who could have attended, will be able to travel from the island. Representatives of the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education (MES) denounced this Thursday that the United States denied visas or made it impossible for more than 200 academics and experts to Read more

American Airlines’ long-term bet on Cuba

May 27, 2019 OnCuba 0

Authorities of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) also confirmed inHavana the will to contribute to the development of air transport on the Island. Although the Trump administration threatens to further limit trips to Cuba by Americans and lawsuits under the Helms-Burton Act could reach U.S. airlines, American Airlines (AA) is seeking Read more