Cuba embargo News

Trump Clears Way for U.S. Suits Against Foreign Firms Operating in Cuba

The Trump administration will allow lawsuits in U.S. courts for the first time against foreign companies that use properties Communist-ruled Cuba confiscated after Fidel Castro’s revolution in the 1950s, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. The move, which will …

What About Cuba as an Insurance Market?

There may be opportunities for some businesses including insurers in Cuba as the U.S. restores diplomatic ties but there are also significant cultural and regulatory challenges, according to a report from the industry’s Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). The most immediate …

New U.S. Rules on Cuba Ease Travel, Trade, Insurance Restrictions

The United States rolled out a sweeping set of measures on Thursday to ease the half-century-old embargo against Cuba, opening up the country to expanded travel, trade and financial activities. Defying hardline critics in Congress, President Barack Obama made good …