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The U.S. government first banned the sale of weaponry to Cuba via an arms embargo on March 14, 1958, during the U.S.-backed Fulgencio Batista regime. The Cuban Revolution saw to the nationalization of Cuba, high U.S. imports taxes, and forfeiture of U.S.-owned economic assets, including oil refineries, without compensation.
On June 4, 2019, the Trump administration announced a full ban on cruise ship, private yacht, or plane travel to Cuba. It also announced a ban on "people-to-people" travel, which was until that point the most popular legal mechanism for American travel to the island, largely because it was the category used by cruise lines for their tours.
President Obama's three-day visit to Cuba, in March, 2016, marked the first visit by a U.S. president since 1928. On the island, anti-government demonstrations in anticipation of President Obama's visit and of the new U.S. liberalization of travel were met with oppressive reprisals from the Castro regime. [9] [10] [11]
The police are part of Cuba's interior ministry, which was already the subject of a blanket designation by the Trump administration back in January. US sets new Cuba sanctions as Biden meets Cuban ...
Repeating Cuba’s main talking points on the issue, Tablada said the United States has used human rights as a justification for its harsh policies on Cuba. She was not asked about the release of ...
After the opening of the island to world trade in 1818, trade agreements began to replace Spanish commercial connections. In 1820 Thomas Jefferson thought Cuba is "the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States" and told Secretary of War John C. Calhoun that the United States "ought, at the first possible opportunity, to take Cuba."
Street view of Havana, Cuba, July 26, 2021, several weeks after mass protests broke out. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty ImagesCuba recently erupted in the largest protests seen there in six decades ...
Since April 2017, nationals of these countries are banned from entering eastern Libya, which is under control by the Tobruk government. Other nationals who don't possess a valid visa or residence permit will also be refused entry. [2] [7] [8] Iran: Pakistan: Sudan: Syria: Yemen: Belarus: Ascension Island