U.S. Embargo Archives - Global Americans

So you want to visit Cuba ‘before it’s ruined’?

The reason why some want to “visit Cuba before it’s ruined,” is because they expect that the “charm” of crumbling facades, cheap rum and cigars, old American cars and low prices won’t survive a transition toward a more open economic system. Some fear that as Cuba attracts foreign investment and continues reforming its economy, development and economic growth will fundamentally change what makes Cuba alluring.

admin January 26, 2016

Así cambiará el continente por el histórico encuentro en La Habana

Senadores demócratas y republicanos, miembros del Estado Mayor Conjunto, representantes de la Oficina de Derechos Humanos y varios delegados de los Departamentos de Comercio, del Tesoro y del Estado. Nada menos que 19 personalidades del gobierno y de la política de Estados Unidos llegaron este viernes a participar en la ceremonia oficial de apertura de la embajada de ese país en La Habana, que estuvo cerrada durante más de 54 años tras la ruptura de las relaciones diplomáticas entre Washington y La Habana.

admin August 21, 2015

US formally drops Cuba from terrorism ‘blacklist’

Taking Cuba off the list has two main consequences, diplomatic and economic, said Christopher Sabatini, a Columbia University professor who specializes in Cuba studies. “This is something that for a long time sort of stuck in the craw of the Cubans, who really resented being lumped together with countries like Iran and Syria,” he said.

admin June 8, 2015

U.S. takes Cuba off list of state sponsors of terrorism

“The embargo has grown by accretion over the decades, one brick at a time,” said Christopher Sabatini, a scholar of U.S.-Cuba relations who teaches at Columbia University. “Dismantling it is going to happen similarly.”

admin June 8, 2015