After announcing an easing on trade restrictions with Cuba last month, the United States government imposed a fine of almost US$6 million on a U.S.-based company and two subsidiaries for doing business with the Caribbean island, reaffirming the devastating, internationally-rejected blockade and suggesting it could remain in place for the
US Reaffirms Decades-Long Economic Blockade Against Cuba
Even though U.S. President Barack Obama has announced an end to trade restrictions, it is still illegal for U.S. companies to do business with Cuba.