Given the Venezuelan president’s health, concerns over the future of preferential oil agreements have emerged in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica—the three largest Petrocaribe recipients.
AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini comments on the importance of sports in Cuba as a nascent skateboard phenomenon emerges, coinciding with the many social and political changes in the island.
The government in Havana changed the country’s Migration Law, allowing some Cubans to travel abroad without an exit permit. But questions remain about lingering restrictions.
While President Barack Obama loosened Cuba travel regulations last year, this year his administration opted to continue existing Cuba policies or restrict new ones.
India hosts foreign ministers from Chile, Cuba, and Venezuela on August 7 in a bid to improve diplomatic and commercial ties with Latin America.
Cuban President Raúl Castro visited China and Vietnam this week seeking to shore up economic, investment, and political ties.