By: Patrick M. Denny, 2L Throughout this year, Cuba has been dealing with large-scale issues in sourcing food and producing energy. Power outages have been affecting millions of residents due to deteriorating infrastructure, the US embargo, and a decline in fuel imports from allies like Russia. Issues in providing energy and food were exacerbated by […]
Photo Credit: (AFP via Getty Images) By: Diana Alonso Roth On July 11, 2021, the world watched in astonishment as thousands of Cuban citizens took to the streets for the first time in decades to express their grievances against the government. Fueled by discontent over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, food shortages, and enduring […]
By: Richard Perez, 2L Cuban bank “Banco Núñez” had twenty-two branches and controlled $105 million in assets in 1958. Two years later, the bank was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime and absorbed by the newly established National Bank of Cuba. Descendants of the former owners of Banco Núñez are now suing French Bank Société Générale […]
BY: STEPHANIE KOUTSODENDRIS On March 21, 2016, Carnival Cruise Line officially gained approval from the Cuban government to set sail to Cuba. Now that they have been approved, what does this mean for potential passengers? Since the enactment of the Embargo more than 50 years ago under the Helms Burton Act and the Cuban Democracy […]
