U.S., Cuba begin claims talks
CUBA STANDARD — Taking another historical step in the normalization process, the United States and Cuba began negotiations about conflicting claims on Tuesday…
Analysis: A road map to settling U.S.-Cuba claims
Cuba Standard exclusive: We publish an excerpt of Richard Feinberg's 56-page paper that lays out a two-tier approach
Russian Helicopters seeks maintenance base in Cuba
The base would serve 400-plus Soviet and Russian-made helicopters in Latin America and the Caribbean, most of them military
Russia grants $1.36 bin loan for power plants
The loan covers construction of one 200 mw generator at the Máximo Gómez power plant in Mariel, and three 200 mw generators at the Este Habana power plant in Santa Cruz del Norte
U.S. fines yet another French bank, in part over Cuba transactions
CUBA STANDARD — Just as the Obama administration is encouraging U.S. companies to take advantage of recent embargo easing…
Opinion: Yet another Miami-style cold shower
A high-profile Miami Herald conference is hung up on how much the Cuban government will benefit from rising investments
Jagger in Havana, scouting for Stones concert?
The Communist Party daily suggested he may be preparing a Rolling Stones concert in Cuba, as part of the band’s upcoming Latin America tour.
Obama, Castro discuss more openings
At the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the presidents talked about additional steps to deepen bilateral cooperation
U.S. Secretary of Commerce to visit Cuba
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will visit Cuba Oct. 6 and 7 to discuss recent embargo-easing steps by the Obama administration and gauge openings for U.S. business in Cuba
U.S. Chamber launches Cuba group
CUBA STANDARD — Ratcheting up several notches the pressure on U.S. Congress to lift the embargo, the U.S.…
Obama expands wiggle room for U.S. business in Cuba
CUBA STANDARD — Taking another significant sanctions-easing step, the Obama Administration now allows U.S. businesses to open offices, stores and warehouses in Cuba, hire…
Q&A: ‘Cubans aren’t in a hurry’
World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Lissa Weinmann sat down with Kirby Jones to discuss the next steps for the U.S. in advancing its relationship with Cuba. Having traveled regularly to Cuba for the last 40 years, Jones has been described by Newsweek as having “better contacts in Cuba than any other American,” and by The New York Times as the “man to see about business in Cuba.”
Report: U.S. to provide one-fourth of Cuba’s imports by 2020
An economic study by the Paris-based trade credit insurance division of Allianz Group predicts that U.S. exports to Cuba will reach $6 billion by 2020
The latest product of U.S. Cuba fever: ‘Eau de normalization’
A New York-based perfume maker added a cologne with the name Cuba, to "celebrate the political opening"
Analysis: Cuba claims, Cuban-Jewish affinity, and ASCE in Havana
By José M. Pallí, Esq. The last week of July, the Association for the Study of the Cuban…