On December 17, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a set of diplomatic and economic changes aimed at normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba after nearly 55 years of barriers between the two countries.

Raúl J. Valdés-Fauli was featured in the Cuba Journal article "A Complete Guide to Investing in Cuba." Full text can be found in the September 29, 2015 issue, but a synopsis is below.

In this installment of the Trade Demystified video series, Deborah Wei discusses recent Administration actions as well as anticipated ...

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When Raul Castro took over from his brother as President of Cuba in 2008, he began a long-anticipated process of political and economic reform. As a result of his strategy, the stagnant economy has been gradually coming to life, galvanised by a fledgling private sector

The Administration tightened export regulations regarding Cuba, effective October 21, 2019. The changes are generally targeted at Cuban government-owned enterprises,...

On 21 October 2019 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending Cubarelated provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

On October 21, 2019, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to further restrict certain exports and ...

So much has changed in international relations over the last five years, much less the last 50, that it is remarkable how some of the conversation about Cuba seems frozen in time.

On Friday, October 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security issued new amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations and Export Administration Regulations.

On December 17, 2014, President Obama announced steps to ease the 54-year old embargo on Cuba and begin to restore diplomatic relations.

Every decade or so the economic promise of Cuba appears on the radar screen of international investors.

Today President Barack Obama made a stunning speech announcing steps the United States will take to reduce U.S. sanctions against Cuba.

Cuba is home to 11 million consumers and a growing private sector. Its proximity to the United States (the Port of Havana is only 198 nautical miles from the Port of Miami) makes the country a natural trade partner.

On April 17, 2019, the U.S. administration announced that it would no longer continue the suspension of Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Solidarity Act of 1996

With more flights, relaxing regulations, a historic presidential trip to Cuba, and news of hospitality services expanding into Cuba, the pathway into Cuba for hotels and hospitality companies seems smooth.

The U.S. further eased the economic sanctions and trade embargo against Cuba to implement the administration's policy of increasing engagement and commerce to benefit the Cuban people and American businesses.

On September 21, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), announced revised regulations further easing restrictions on transactions with Cubans and Cuban nationals involving persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

With the recent shift in U.S. government policy regarding Cuba, is now the time for the energy industry, particularly liquefied natural gas (LNG) project developers, to consider Cuba?

Cuba adopted a new foreign investment law earlier this year that abolished duty-free zones and industrial parks while expanding areas for investment.