The reestablishment of relations between the United States and Cuba has brought attention to the building that will once again house United States Embassy employees.
United Airlines celebrated the historic signing between the U.S. and Cuba that allows commercial flights for the first time since the 1959 revolution, per an official press release. The Chicago-based company is one of many major airlines who will submit an application to the Department of Transportation to start operating U.S.-Cuba flights.
The United States and Cuba took another progressive leap toward normalizing relations on Tuesday by signing an agreement to restore regular air service between the two countries for the first time in five decades.
Many Americans tourists are traveling to Cuba despite it being technically illegal until the U.S. and Cuba sign a civil aviation agreement. According to VOX Media, the agreement will be signed on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Havana, and it will become cheaper for Americans to travel to Cuba.
The Department of Treasury has approved the first United States factory in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, per the Associated Press. The Alabama-based company led by Chief Executive Officer Horace Clemmons and co-founder Saul Berenthal will start the production of small tractors by 2017.
The White House announced Tuesday it would be lifting sanctions on Cuba, easing restrictions on financing American exports to the island nation in addition to other changes.
As the federal government has begun thawing its once-deeply frozen relationship with Cuba, opportunities for business and trade have arisen. Yet another door opened last weekend, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially dropped its telecom ban on Cuba.
A recent development came for the immigration crisis in Central America, according to CNN. Cuban migrants who were previously stranded in Costa Rica for months finally arrived in the U.S. borders, some in Miami, according to the publication.
American biologists are also taking advantage of the restored diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba to study plants and animals. One of the ongoing programs is the preservation of different orchid species found in Cuba that used to be present in Florida.
Miami is on the way to making a ferry ride to Cuba a reality. Miami may soon build a terminal for ferry rides to Cuba. In 2015, as part of the Obama administration's move towards normalizing relations between the Unites States and Cuba, licenses were given to several companies to run ferries to the communist nation.
The Mexican government announced on Jan. 13 it intends to grant 20-day transit visas to 180 Cubans migrants selected from a pool of 8,000 individuals stranded in Costa Rica since November.
President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night, and spoke on several topics ranging from immigration, the economy and foreign policy.
In light of the recent surge in Cuban immigrants trying to enter the U.S. borders in the midst of the news that U.S.-Cuban relations are on restoration, one man dies while on the Panama-Costa Rica border while waiting with hundreds of Cubans trying to reach the U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama is planning a visit to Cuba in his last year at the office. In his last year as the President of the United States, Barack Obama is considering a trip to Cuba if its government bolsters its human rights record and opens its doors for more American business.
The United States and Cuba have taken another huge step in the effort to mend broken ties by agreeing to re-establish direct postal service between the two countries for the first in five decades.
Alan Gross, an American Aid worker who was imprisoned for five years in Cuba, has revealed that he did not try to disguise his efforts to set up Internet connections for the small Jewish community that lived on the island.
The number of Cubans attempting to come to the Unites States via Texas has increased this year, thanks in large part to the thaw in political tensions between the U.S. and Cuba.
