“Under new regulations that take effect Thursday, the Trump administration is banning U.S. citizens from doing business with dozens of entities that have links to Cuba’s military, intelligence and security agencies. … Approved travelers will also have fewer places to frequent in Cuba. The administration released a list of hotels, marinas, stores and rum factories […]
11/8/2017
According to a NYTimes.com article on Nov. 8, 2017: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [Nov. 8, 2017] tightened the economic embargo on Cuba, restricting Americans from access to hotels, stores and other businesses tied to the Cuban military. A lengthy list [“List of Restricted Entities and Subentities Associated With Cuba as of November 9, 2017,” […]
11/8/2017
“Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are announcing amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), respectively, to implement changes to the Cuba sanctions program announced by the President in June [National Security […]
9/29/2017
“On September 29th, the Department ordered the departure of nonemergency personnel assigned to the U.S. embassy in Havana, as well as all family members. Over the past several months, at least 21 U.S. embassy employees have been targeted in specific attacks. The health, safety, and well-being of our embassy community are our greatest concerns. Investigations […]
9/21/2017
“Cuban officials have taken to social media all week to denounce President Donald Trump’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly as well as his overall approach to U.S.-Cuba policy. … The Cuban Ambassador to the U.S., Jose Cabanas, has been calling via social media for an end to the U.S.-Cuba embargo, a demand Cuban officials […]
8/9/2017
“The U.S. State Department says it expelled two Cuban diplomats earlier this year after several Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Havana experienced strange medical symptoms and were either recalled to the U.S. or allowed to come home. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the ‘incidents’ were first discovered in late 2016, but she declined […]
6/16/2017
According to the “National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba,” [In the Trump Administration, the directives that are used to promulgate Presidential decisions on national security matters are designated National Security Presidential Memoranda (NSPMs), according to FAS.org] by President Donald J. Trump of June 16, 2017: “My Administration’s […]
1/20/2017
January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. “President Trump’s Inaugural Address, Annotated,” NPR.org, January 20, 2017 […]
1/12/2017
On the same day President Barack Obama rescinded the so-called “wet-foot/dry foot” policy for Cuban immigrants, in the same “Statement by the President on Cuban Immigration Policy“ on Jan. 12, 2017, he wrote: “Today, the Department of Homeland Security is also ending the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program. The United States and Cuba are working together […]
1/12/2017
In a “Statement by the President on Cuban Immigration Policy“ on Jan. 12, 2017, President Barack Obama wrote about ending the mid-1990s so-called “wet-foot/dry foot” policy of expediting U.S. legal status to Cubans who made it to U.S. land: “Today, the United States is taking important steps forward to normalize relations with Cuba and to […]