White House Caps Amount of Money Relatives Can Send to Cuba
The Trump administration on Friday rolled out more sanctions against Cuba, limiting the amount of money Cuban-Americans can send to family members on the island nation.
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Imaging Shows Brain Changes in US Embassy Personnel Serving in Cuba
First U.S. Embassy personnel in Cuba heard a noise, then they became dizzy and had trouble concentrating. The State Department described the event as a sonic attack, but conflicting evidence surrounding Havana Syndrome has led others to question this conclusion – and the results of brain imaging released Tuesday only deepen the mystery.
Read moreUS Says Expedia Pays $325,000 Over Cuban Travel Allegations
Expedia has agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle U.S. government allegations that it improperly helped people travel inside Cuba or between the island and places other than the United States.
Read moreTrump Administration Halts Cruises to Cuba Under New Rules
The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island’s communist government.
Read moreLawsuit Filed Over Plane Crash That Killed All But One
Seeking recompense for the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed her husband and 111 others in Cuba, a lawsuit filed in Florida blames the disaster on poor pilot training and a botched takeoff from a Havana airport.
Read moreExxon Files Suit Over Cuban Revolution Land Grab
In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, ExxonMobil alleged that Cuban entities have been using and profiting off of its property in Cuba, which was seized by Fidel Castro’s regime in 1960.
Read moreUnder Trump Change, Cuba Business Partners Can Now Be Sued
Thanks to the Trump administration’s decision to activate a provision of the U.S. embargo on Cuba, Americans and Cuban-Americans are set Thursday to begin filing lawsuits against European and American companies doing business on their former properties, a shakeup with the potential to affect foreign investment in Cuba for many years to come.
Read moreGuantanamo Prison Commander Fired for ‘Loss of Confidence’
U.S. military officials on Monday announced the commander in charge of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay has been removed from his position “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.”
Read moreUS to Allow Lawsuits Against Companies Working in Cuba
Stepping up pressure on Cuba, the Trump administration will allow lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in properties seized from Americans after the island’s 1959 revolution, a senior administration official said.
Read moreHealth Organization Accused of Trafficking Doctors to Brazil
A class action claims an international health organization conspired with the Cuban government to collect millions of dollars by unlawfully trafficking Cuban doctors to Brazil.
Read moreUS Fines Societe Generale $1.3B for Cuban Trades
In the second-largest fine a financial institution has faced for violating U.S. sanctions, Societe Generale agreed Monday to pay $1.3 billion for illegal transactions with Cuba.
Read moreCuban President Meets North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel — both hoping to get out from under U.S. economic sanctions — have agreed to expand and strengthen their strategic relations, North Korea’s state media reported Monday.
Read moreBoeing 737 Crashes in Cuba With 104 Passengers Aboard
A Boeing 737 operated by the state-owned Cubana airline crashed on takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Friday with 104 people on board.
Read moreDiaz-Canel Replaces Raul Castro as Cuba’s President
A 57-year-old bureaucrat replaced Raul Castro as the president of Cuba on Thursday, launching a new political era as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world’s last communist states.
Read moreCuban State Media Say New President to Be Elected Wednesday
Cuba’s National Assembly will elect a new president on Wednesday and announce the replacement for Raul Castro the next day, an unusual two-day process that will install someone from outside the Castro family in the country’s highest government office for the first time in nearly six decades.
Read moreCuba to Start Historic Transition a Day Early
A legislative session that will see a historic political transition in Cuba is going to start one day earlier than expected.
Read moreCuba’s Likely Next President Pledges More Responsive Gov’t
Cuba on Sunday took the final political step before a promised transition from the founders of the Communist state to a younger generation of officials.
Read moreUS Makes Cuba Embassy Cuts Permanent After ‘Health Attacks’
Citing mysterious “health attacks” in Havana, the United States said Friday it is making permanent its withdrawal of 60 percent of its diplomats from Cuba, extending an action that has hurt the island nation’s economy and cramped Cubans’ ability to visit the U.S.
Read moreFidel Castro’s Son Has Killed Himself, Cuban Media Report
The oldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro killed himself on Thursday after months of treatment for depression, state media reported. He was 68.
Read moreUS Says ‘Viral Attack’ Among the Theories in Cuba Illnesses
The United States is investigating a range of possibilities beyond “sonic attacks” for the cause of U.S. diplomats’ mysterious illnesses in Cuba, the Trump administration told Congress on Tuesday, including the possibility of a viral attack.
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