On August 5, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order to further target and affect the Government of Venezuela led by Nicolás Maduro. The new Executive Order was followed by 12 amended general licenses and 13 new...more
As noted in Helms-Burton Title III Comes to Life, U.S.–Cuba relations have been deteriorating steadily since 2017, a trend that has accelerated recently in response to developments in Venezuela. In addition to Title III,...more
While the ongoing struggle for control over the Venezuelan state between embattled President Nicolas Maduro and National Assembly leader and interim President Juan Guaidó has captured the world’s attention in recent weeks, a...more
As noted in ”A Shifting Landscape: Recent Developments Raise Questions about Venezuela’s Future,” the United States has moved in recent weeks to increase pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro through the...more
The recent ascension of Venezuelan National Assembly president and opposition figure, Juan Guaidó, as interim president of the republic has raised legitimate questions regarding the future composition of the Venezuelan...more
When President Barack Obama established diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States in December 2014, many thought the early business opportunities would be in sugar, cigar, and new tourist hotels. But one of the...more
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently published a series of revisions to the Cuba sanctions regime that appear to...more
The United States government this morning published new regulations greatly easing U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba as part of broader efforts to implement policy directives issued by President Obama in mid-December. ...more