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Cuba’s crisis is the result of the internal blockade enforced by the Cuban government on the Cuban people. Cuban American scholar Dr. Amalia Daché has said that “…lifting the embargo would ...
The decadeslong U.S. embargo against Cuba makes it harder to export goods to the communist country, even though laws have been adjusted over time.
Here's a look at daily life on the once-restricted island, which will enter its tourist high season in December. SEE ALSO: How a real Cuban cigar is made, shown in 13 gorgeous photos
The European Union is Cuba's largest trading partner, and the U.S. is the fifth-largest exporter to Cuba. [143] In 2012, the embargo limited U.S. imports to Cuba at 6.6%. [143] The Cuban government is required pay cash for all food imports from the U.S., as credit is not allowed. [144]
Cuba–Japan relations are the bilateral relations between Cuba and Japan. Diplomatic relations between the two countries was established on 21 December 1929. Relations were temporarily suspended due to the Second World War, but diplomatic relations resumed on 21 November 1952. [1] Cuba has an embassy in Tokyo. Japan has an embassy in Havana.
A few days later, on December 12, all Japanese descendants living in Cuba were declared "enemy aliens". Most Japanese Cubans were seized. As of 1943 a total of about 1,200 Japanese had immigrated to Cuba, including about 200 Okinawans. Later, Japanese ancestry were deported to the United States. Some found new jobs when they arrived.
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly called on the United States to end its decades-long sanctions regime on Cuba, as the communist-run Caribbean island nation suffers its worst ...
The Cuban exodus is the mass emigration of Cubans from the island of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Throughout the exodus, millions of Cubans from diverse social positions within Cuban society emigrated within various emigration waves, due to political repression and disillusionment with life in Cuba.