US President Joe Biden said his administration will not ease restrictions on remittances sent from US residents to relatives in Cuba because Cuban government will likely confiscate the money
The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism", reversing an Obama-era decision days ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden
Department said it will restrict Cuba's access to commercial aircraft by revoking existing licences for aircraft leases to Cuban state-owned airlines & denying future applications for aircraft leases
Normal bilateral relations would be a long and complex, and could only happen, once the embargo imposed in 1962 is eliminated
This week, Ecuador deported to Cuba 122 islanders who had been protesting there to demand humanitarian visas to Mexico
Stonegate Bank, a Florida-based institution, is the only US bank that has financial relations with Cuba after it opened an office in Havana
Castro called American embargo, 'the most important obstacle' to his country's economic development
Obama, who arrived with his family, is the first US president to touch down on the island in 88 years