OFAC Nukes MOOCS
I missed this earlier, but back at the end of January, Coursera, a provider of the euphoniously acronymed MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) said “No MOOCS for you” to residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan who wanted to better…
Category Cuba Sanctions
What Happens in Panama Stays in Panama (including 200,000 bags of brown sugar)
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…
Berman Amendment? What Berman Amendment??
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…
Give That Pigeon a Cigar
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…
Fun Furlough Facts
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…