Next Steps in U.S.-Cuba Relations
On July 20th, the U.S. and Cuba exchanged diplomatic notes and opened embassies in their respective capitals. This “normalization” was a big step for relations […] More
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Buyer Beware
Last week, The Cipher Brief sat down with Jaime Suchlicki, the Director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami, […] More
Anything But Normal
Last week, The Cipher Brief sat down with Kirby Jones, the President of Alamar Associates, a company that has consulted on trade and business with […] More
Advice for American Companies
Progress on the creation of a new relationship between the United States and Cuba has been remarkably brisk over the past eight months, but, at […] More
U.S. Embassy in Cuba Opens, Doors Still Closed for Business
Today, the United States reopens its embassy in Havana, Cuba and formally re-establishes diplomatic relations. The embassy will primarily perform standard functions such as issuing visas […] More