Cuba’s 55-Page Annual Report To 2025 UNGA Includes Truths And Lapses From Realities About Commercial Engagement With The US Government And US Companies. Blame Not All North To South.
/Government Of Cuba’s 2025 55-Page Annual Report To The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Includes Truths And Lapses From Realities About Commercial Engagement With The United States.
Had The Government of The Republic Of Cuba From 2015 Accepted A Robust Return By United States-Based Companies, Many Of The Complaints Today Would Not Exist. Havana Continues To Fail To Embrace What Is Authorized And That Has Consequences.
Engagement With And Support For The Re-Emerging Private Sector Is The Only Viable Pathway For Government Of The Republic Of Cuba To Provide Value To Its Declining Population.
Strategy Should Not Solely Focus On Survival- It Must Pivot To Focus On Prosperity.
Link: Not "Ironclad" So At UN Why Does Cuba Government Continue To Misstate Realities Of US Company Exports To Government Companies And Private Companies? US$8+ Billion Is Real. September 27, 2025
“CUBA’S REPORT [May 2025] Pursuant to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 79/7, entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”” Link To Document In PDF Format
Excerpts:
“Until April, 2025, there were 11,233 private micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) registered in Cuba.
The blockade also affects the activity of these private entrepreneurs, business owners and Cuban cooperatives. In 2024, 608 MSMEs -6 per cent of the total- reported losses. The US administration has repeatedly claimed that the blockade is only intended to punish the Cuban government and not the people or the private sector.
The measures announced in May 2024, supposedly to benefit this sector in terms of access to digital and financial services, never materialized. The structural barriers of the blockade and its legal framework remain the main obstacle to any economic activity in Cuba. US technology companies intended to unlock tools face the challenge of discriminating between state and private actors.
Coercive measures by the US government against financial institutions have led several payment and e-commerce platforms, such as PayPal, to refuse to provide services to these individuals simply because they are Cuban, regardless of the type of business they run. They are equally unable to access Visa or Mastercard cards to acquire supplies for their businesses, since these are banned for Cubans anywhere in the world. Therefore, they do not have a secure online payment method, not even through a third country. Consequently, bank branches do not complete their transactions and many customers decide not to continue their relationships with private Cuban entities.”
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Annex 3: Prerogatives of the US President to modify the implementation of the blockade against Cuba.
Note: Comment and links to previously-published analyses relating to the respective prerogatives included under some of the nine (9) prerogatives, which are in bold.
“Enable Cuban entities to open correspondent accounts in US banks.”
Beginning in 2015, the government of the Republic of Cuba was requested, but refused, to have Republic of Cuba government-operated financial institutions officially request correspondent banking licenses from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury. The Obama-Biden Administration (2009-2017) had inexplicably authorized United States-based financial institutions to have correspondent accounts with Republic of Cuba government-operated financial institutions, but did not authorize Republic of Cuba government-operated financial institutions to have correspondent accounts with United States-based financial institutions. Applications to the OFAC from Republic of Cuba government-operated financial institutions would have been particularly of value in 2022 when the Biden-Harris Administration (2021-2025) directed the OFAC to license direct investment into and direct financing for privately-owned companies in the Republic of Cuba.
Link: Facing Extinction Like Javan Rhino? Non-U.S. Banks Engaging With U.S. And Non-U.S. Entities For Authorized Transactions Involving Cuba Due To Risk Of OFAC Penalties. Since 2015, Only Two U.S. Banks. October 17, 2022
Link: American Airlines & United Airlines Are Correcting Their Internet Sites About Using Credit Cards In Cuba April 17, 2017
“Authorize exports to Cuba of US products for key sectors of the economy, such as mining, tourism and biotechnology.”
“Authorize the importation by the US of any merchandise manufactured or derived from products grown, produced or manufactured in Cuba by state-owned enterprises (nickel, sugar, tobacco, rum or others).”
Link: Coffee & Charcoal Have Been Imported From Cuba; U.S. Companies Want More. Agricultural Commodities/Food Products/Healthcare Products Have Been Exported To Cuba; U.S. Companies Want More. October 02, 2021
“Allow the export to Cuba of medical supplies and equipment that can be used in the manufacture of Cuban biotechnology products.”
“Relax the policy to grant licenses to US companies to invest in Cuba.”
Link: Biden-Harris Administration Approves First Equity Investment Since 1960 In A Private Cuban Company May 10, 2022
Link: With U.S. Government Authorization For First Direct Equity Investment Into A Private Company In Cuba, Here Is Important Context And Details. About The Parties; About The Message. May 16, 2022
“Authorize US citizens to receive medical treatment in Cuba.”
“Authorize broader forms of cooperation for the development, marketing and supply of Cuban-made medicines and biomedical products, for example, through direct investments by US companies and joint ventures.”
Link: Roswell Park Announces Joint Venture In Cuba For Healthcare Product Development September 26, 2018
Link: Roswell Park In Buffalo, New York, Has Unique Partnership With Cuba; Has It Explored COVID-19 Treatment? June 15, 2020
Link: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center References Its Clinical Trials For Cuba's CIMAvax-EGF. After Five Years Of Activity, RPCCC Continues Refusal To Provide Data/Comment On Joint Venture Status. November 02, 2021
Link: Will Cuba Seek EUA From United States FDA? Not Required, But Politically Might Be Prudent Marketing Strategy To Reinforce What Cuba Can Do Under Sanctions June 23, 2021
“Authorize sales of the raw materials that Cuba needs to produce medicines for the Cuban population and other developing countries.”
“Authorize US subsidiaries to do business with Cuba that is not related to the import and export of goods to Cuba (prohibited by the Torricelli Act). [1992 Cuban Democracy Act]”
