On June 16, President Trump announced two impending, significant changes to the Cuba sanctions program, which will impact U.S. persons traveling to Cuba. In general, to travel to Cuba a U.S. person must fit within one of 12 categories authorized by OFAC. Individual people-to-people travel, which was under the general category of educational activities and […]
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Did Trump Violate the Cuba Sanctions?
Newsweek broke a story that Donald Trump’s company may have violated the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR). Specifically, Newsweek claims that “[d]ocuments show that the Trump company spent a minimum of $68,000 for its 1998 foray into Cuba at a time when the corporate expenditure of even a penny in the Caribbean country was prohibited without U.S. government approval.”
Can a Visit To The New Cuban Embassy In Washington, DC Be Considered A Violation of U.S. Sanctions?
After more than 53 years of hostility beginning with the outbreak of the Cuban revolution, diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Cuban government are going to be restored.[1] The normalization of the relationships between the two countries began on December of last year and culminated on April 2015 when, for the […]
President Obama Announces Major Breakthrough in US-Cuba Relations
On December 17, 2014 President Obama announced historic steps his administration will take to usher in a new, more inclusive era of US-Cuba relations.