Is Starlink legal or available in Cuba in 2026? No — ETECSA's state monopoly bars it and Cuba criminalizes use. Here is why, plus the OFAC sanctions nuance.
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Cuba Investor Explainers
Plain-English answers to the questions investors and journalists most often Google about Cuba's sanctions framework — the CACR, Helms-Burton, the Cuban peso (CUP), MLC, the elTOQUE TRMI informal rate, and how to actually do business in Havana under §515.574 "Support for the Cuban People."
An evergreen, plain-English operating manual for foreign investors in Havana: legal structures, approvals, banking, hiring, FX realities, etiquette, and sanctions compliance.
Learn how an empresa mixta (Cuban joint venture) is structured under Ley 118: approvals, shareholding, governance, labor hiring, FX and repatriation, and sanctions compliance.
Learn what Cuba’s Tarea Ordenamiento did in January 2021, how CUP/CUC unification worked, why inflation and shortages surged, and what it means for pricing, payroll and investors.
Learn what MLC (Moneda Libremente Convertible) is in Cuba, how MLC stores and cards work, how it relates to CUP and USD, and why repatriation and sanctions risks matter.
Learn what the Banco Central de Cuba (BCC) is, what it controls, how Cuba’s official exchange rate differs from market pricing, and why it matters for foreign investors.
Understand the Cuba Restricted List, how it interacts with OFAC’s Cuba sanctions rules (including §515.209), and what GAESA, CIMEX, and Gaviota mean for compliance and deals.
Helms-Burton (LIBERTAD) Act Title III lets eligible U.S. claimants sue over “trafficking” in property confiscated by Cuba after 1959. Learn triggers, defenses, and investor due diligence.
A plain-English explainer of OFAC sanctions on Cuba: the CACR (31 CFR 515), what U.S. persons can and can’t do, how general licenses work, key lists, and practical compliance tips.
Why Cuba's grid keeps collapsing — the oil blockade, Sherritt's Energas exit, and the China-backed solar buildout.
How Cuba's economy compares to China's on scale, trade, and debt.
A side-by-side comparison of Cuba and the Dominican Republic for travel and investment.
Comparing the Cuban and Nicaraguan economies as ALBA allies.
GDP, poverty, aid dependence, and human development compared between Cuba and Haiti.
Key economic differences between Cuba and North Korea.
Comparing Cuba and Puerto Rico for travelers weighing both destinations.
Key economic differences between Cuba and Venezuela.
Whether Cuba's economy could follow Vietnam's reform model.
Fact-check: why Marco Rubio cannot become president of Cuba under Cuba's constitution.
Verified facts on Cuba's president — age, career, and why his net worth and salary aren't public.