and Western Union started operating again in Cuba in 2023, most of the money sent by Cuban Americans to their relatives on the island had moved to an informal market that bypasses the military ...

The Cuba restricted list included several companies and hotels owned by a Cuban military conglomerate known as GAESA. The Miami Herald recently reported that just one of its companies had $4.3 billion ...

In Cuba, bodybuilding, a sport that has been steadily gaining popularity, recently took center stage at an exhilarating competition held in a private gym on the island. This event attracted over 300 ...

A vintage car drives past a recently opened grocery store, the first to accept hard U.S. currency on the island in nearly two decades, in Havana, Cuba, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez 3 of 4 ...

Cuba Beyond the Beaches: According to a 2019 report by the Cuban Ministry of Culture, a whopping 70% of tourists partook in ...

HAVANA(Reuters) - Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S. currency on the island in nearly two decades, the latest sign in a trend towards dollarization in ...

Biden’s 11th-hour actions on Cuba. Mr. Rubio’s family fled the island for the United States before Fidel Castro’s revolution seized power in 1959, and he has long been one of the Republican ...

HAVANA(Reuters) - Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S. currency on the island in nearly two decades, the latest sign in a trend towards dollarization in the ...

In a post on X thanking “all who contributed” to removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel said the decision “was right although late and ...

As Cuba-US Relations Sour, the Island Needs Dollars More Than Ever By Marc Frank HAVANA(Reuters) - Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S. currency on the ...

Trump, a harsh Cuba critic who designated the island a state sponsor of terrorism - has not yet commented on the measures but has promised a hard line on the communist-run country. He also ...