President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025, issued various immigration-related Executive Orders (EOs) and presidential actions that could have an immediate and lasting impact on Latin American countries. President Trump's...more
2/3/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
Immigration Procedures ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
Latin America ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Retaliation ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
Within hours after taking office on Jan. 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an omnibus executive order revoking 78 executive actions by the previous administration, dating back to 2021. Among them, President Trump...more
Besides certain expansions on remittances in 2022, the White House, on Jan. 14, 2025, issued a statement announcing President Joe Biden's plans to relax sanctions on Cuba through a series of broad measures aimed at improving...more
1/17/2025
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cuba ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Policy ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
State Sponsors of Terrorism ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
The U.S. Department of State announced on May 16, 2022, a series of measures aimed at supporting the Cuban people and independent Cuban entrepreneurs and loosening Trump-era restrictions that largely isolated the island and...more
5/23/2022
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Cannabis Products ,
Consulate ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cuba ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Foreign Relations ,
Human Rights ,
Obama Administration ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Small Business ,
Trade Restrictions ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Embassies ,
US Department of State ,
Visas
• The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Securities (BIS) announced changes to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR)...more
6/6/2019
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Airline Passengers ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cuba ,
Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Foreign Relations ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
p2p ,
Sanctions ,
Trump Administration ,
Vessels
• Effective May 2, 2019, the Trump Administration will not continue the waiver against lawsuits under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, also known as the Helms-Burton Act.
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4/26/2019
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Cuba ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Nationals ,
International Travel ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Trafficking ,
Trump Administration ,
US State Departments ,
WTO
On July 25, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a revised set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) further clarifying the scope and implementation process for the...more
7/31/2017
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Contract Terms ,
Cuba ,
Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Grandfathered Status ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
On the afternoon of June 16, 2017, shortly before President Donald Trump announced new changes to the U.S.-Cuba policy, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued 12 frequently asked...more
6/19/2017
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Cuba ,
Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
International Remittance Transfers ,
Military Contracts ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Trump Administration