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 and...
View ArticleAdvice 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 the same time, American companies are, with some...
View ArticleAnything 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 Cuba since 1974, to discuss how U.S. businesses can...
View ArticleBuyer 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, to discuss the impact of the recent changes to...
View ArticleNext 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 between the two countries, but the...
View ArticleCrime Rates in Brazil Threaten Business
Violent crime is rising in Brazil and, if past trends hold true, that could be bad for the business community during a time when the Brazilian economy is already suffering. Last Thursday night, Sao...
View ArticleA Thousand Kenyan Police are Headed to Haiti Where “Gangs Rule”
SUBSCRIBER+REPORTING — After a long wait and amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation, Haiti may soon be getting an international security force. Officials in Kenya, which is supplying 1,000...
View ArticleHezbollah is Operating in Latin America. What does that mean for the U.S.?
SUBSCRIBER+REPORTING — The United States this month, announced a fresh slate of sanctions on a family nexus of seven Hezbollah operatives and bankrollers spanning Lebanon to Latin America, with...
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