TTop Stories Biden administration takes back some Trump sanctionsMay 17, 2022 CUBA STANDARD — Surprising most Cuba watchers and political players, Joe Biden unilaterally took back some of the…
TTop Stories Ruling against cruise lines may send chill to other U.S. travelMarch 25, 2022 CUBA STANDARD — Rejecting the cruise lines’ argument they engaged in lawful travel, a federal judge in Miami…
TTop Stories Cuba offers Biden a channel to unblock remittancesFebruary 7, 2022 CUBA STANDARD — Apparently offering the Biden administration a way to resume the billion-dollar flow of remittances by…
TTop Stories Multilateral bank lends Cuba €47m for vaccine developmentJanuary 12, 2022 CUBA STANDARD — In a rare case of multilateral lending to Cuba, the Central American Bank for Economic…
TTop Stories Mexico grants emergency authorization for Cuban vaccineJanuary 3, 2022 CUBA STANDARD — Mexico’s regulatory agency for pharmaceuticals granted emergency authorization to use a Cuban-made COVID vaccine. Cofepris…
TTop Stories Cuba offers more openings to foreign investorsDecember 2, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — After years of disappointing levels of investment in the island, Cuba’s economic leaders used the…
TTop Stories Cuba seeking to capitalize on vaccine export opportunitiesSeptember 23, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — With 40% of the total population now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and officials saying that…
TTop Stories Cuba to begin reopening borders Nov. 15September 7, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — Signaling light at the end of the economic tunnel, the Tourism Ministry announced that the…
EEconomy Cuba allows private businesses to incorporate, limits size to 100 employeesAugust 11, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — After a decade of announcements and high expectations for a key reform measure, the Cuban…
TTop Stories U.S. considers reestablishing remittances, consular serviceJuly 20, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — While calling Cuba a “failed state” and issuing more sanctions against Cuba, President Joe Biden…
TTop Stories Protests spread from provincial towns to HavanaJuly 12, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — A wave of protests mobilized thousands of Cubans July 11, prompting President Miguel Díaz-Canel to…
TTop Stories Vaccine candidate 92% effective; Vietnam to buy AbdalaJune 22, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — Putting it among the top vaccines in the world, COVID-19 candidate Abdala showed 92.28% efficacy…
TTop Stories Swiss cement giant settles Cuba suit with U.S. plaintiffMay 25, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — In what is the first tangible outcome of 40 Helms-Burton lawsuits, LafargeHolcim settled a complaint…
TTop Stories Meliá says Cuba is hardest hit market worldwide, drops three hotelsMarch 18, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — Saying that Cuba was the market hardest hit worldwide by the shutdown of international travel, Meliá Hotels…
TTop Stories Cuba imposes five-day quarantine on travelersJanuary 30, 2021 CUBA STANDARD — Responding to consecutive days of record-breaking numbers for new COVID-19 cases, Cuban health authorities imposed…