Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Pernod Ricard of France announced that is will give up its Havana Club rum brand for the US market and that it has registered the Havanista rum brand in the United States. It will launch the brand if/when the US Embargo on Cuban imports is lifted. Havana Club brand trademark… Read More

Rob Sequin | Havana Journal The Bildner Center at CUNY in New York City is hosting a seminar titled “Economic Transformation in Cuba” on Monday May 21, 2012. Since Raul Castro took over as President of Cuba, he has launched several initiatives to revamp and change the highly centralized form… Read More

Korea Times A rare economic delegation arrived in Seoul Monday. The mission consists of officials and businessmen from Cuba, one of the four countries with which Korea has no diplomatic relations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the delegation will stay here until Friday to seek ways to… Read More

Rob Sequin | Havana Journal DT Cuba offers a lot of information about Cuban business, culture and travel and regularly reports on Cuban business news. I suggest subscribing to their newsletter as seen on the left side of the page here. Here is a summary of a few business articles from Cuba. However,… Read More

Excerpts from DTCuba.com Cuban Tourist Sector Reports One Million Visitors On April 5, the Cuban tourist sector reported one million visitors; five days ahead of the predicted date. According to the Ministry of Tourism, during the first quarter of the year there has been an approximate 4 percent increase… Read More

Please excuse this self serving business article but without support from advertisers, most media sources would find it extremely difficult to generate revenue. So, I hope you don’t mind but we recently updated our advertising placement opportunities and pricing for Cuba related businesses seeking… Read More

Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Recently, Havana Ferry Partners was denied permission to operate a passenger ferry to Cuba because the service was “outside the scope” of the OFAC regulations. It appears that in order for any ferry service to Cuba to be approved, the ferry operator must operate… Read More

Rob Sequin | Havana Journal “Cuba: Forbidden Fortune” premieres tonight at 9 pm Eastern time on CNBC and will re-air at midnight. According to the header of the promotional page for this half hour CNBC special on business in Cuba… American business set their sights on what could a lucrative… Read More

By Joe Light | Wall Street Journal (see bold text for information I like) Ask Thomas J. Herzfeld about Cuba, and the usually low-key money manager launches into a sermon he has delivered many times. The 67-year-old Mr. Herzfeld says the country, under a U.S. trade embargo for 50 years, is the investment… Read More

French CoFace credit risk and investment company has released a risk assessment for the country of Cuba. Coface country assessment reports analyze and forecast country risk using macroeconomic, financial and political data. The company reviews the financial history and the risks to the business environment… Read More