We reported last July on Panama’s seizure of the North Korean vessel Chong Chon Gang sailing from Cuba to North Korea and carrying, among other things, disassembled Soviet-era MIG jets and missiles hidden in 200,000 bags of brown sugar. Cuba claimed…
Back in August, the Bureau of Industry and Security issued an advisory opinion relating to a request from a number of U.S. art museums regarding temporary export of artworks from the United States to Cuba, presumably to be displayed in…
One of the only things that the Cuba embargo has accomplished has been an unusual burst of creativity by U.S. citizens in figuring out clever ways to smuggle Cuban cigars into the United States. There is, of course, the method…
So, you may be wondering which export agencies are up and which are down now that the Federal Government is shutdown. The answer isn’t altogether clear at this point (still!) but here is what appears to be the current rundown…
ABOVE: Alfredo Despaigne There is no better proof that comprehensive sanctions are useless and silly than this: U.S. sanctions on Cuba are going to prevent the participation of Cuba’s national baseball team in the Caribbean Series which will take place…