Since the 1960s, the U.S. has maintained an embargo against Cuba through various laws, regulations, and presidential proclamations that restricts trade, travel, and financial transactions. Key legislation related to the embargo includes the following: • Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 (TWEA). TWEA granted the President broad authority to impose embargoes on foreign countries … Read more
Habanos S.A., the distribution and marketing arm of Cuba’s state-owned cigar industry, said recently that it expects to immediately gain 25-30% of the U.S. premium cigar market if the U.S. lifts its trade embargo – and up to 70% within a few years. History Cuba’s once dominant position in the world’s cigar market (rolled tobacco) diminished … Read more
Cuba is what the travel industry would love to be if it could. If you exclude Cuban-Americans traveling to Cuba, only about 150,000 Americans (non Cuban-American residing in America) traveled to Cuba in 2015. By comparison, about 21 million Americans visited Mexico last year – and Delaware, that wedge of industrial landscape between New Jersey … Read more
Conrado Marrero, the oldest living professional baseball player, died in April 2014 in his native Cuba at age 102. RELATED: Here Are All the Cuban Baseball Players in the U.S. Hall of Fame Known as “Connie” Marrero in the U.S., the diminutive [1.65 meter, 72 kilogram] pitcher was renowned for his control and presence, in … Read more
Cuba has been at the center of a raging immigration debate in the U.S. over the last several weeks. President Donald Trump’s executive orders last week limiting immigration to the U.S. may be the first such directives in recent years, but they are hardly the first time the U.S. government has sought to restrict immigration. … Read more
