US sanctions 5 Cuban firms, Castro family member in pressure push
What's new: The measures freeze any US-based assets and cut the listed companies and individual off from the US financial system.
The Straits Times, Fox News
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#Raul Castro
Cuba’s assembly set to vote on economic overhaul as sanctions bite
Why it matters: The package could widen private investment and shrink the state as blackouts, inflation and shortages deepen.
Bloomberg, The Straits Times +1
Raul Castro resurfaces in Havana after US murder indictment
What's new: The 95-year-old former Cuban leader made his first public appearance since last month's US charges over the 1996 shootdown case.
The Straits Times, Fox News