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Once the symbol of US economic engagement with Cuba under the Obama administration, vacation rental company Airbnb has been fined by the Treasury Department for apparent violations of the US embargo, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Jan 3.
OFAC said in a statement that the company agreed to pay $91,172.29 to settle “its potential civil liability for apparent violations of sanctions against Cuba.”
The Heiresses of Antonio Nuñez Jimenez, or the Glamorous Side of Castroism Who are the women owners of various luxury mansions in the island, among them one that belonged to Chilean Max Marambio, a member of Cuba’s secret service, head of security for Salvador Allende, the businessman expelled from Cuba in 2010 by the man who was his best friend, none other than Fidel Castro? LA HABANA, Cuba. – In addition to the residence of Vilma Rodríguez Castro, Raul Castro’s granddaughter, there is one additional, super luxurious Airbnb listing in Havana, which, in the opinion of former renters a...
A Castro will no longer lead Cuba. But Castro family still has influence. Some descendants of Fidel and Raúl Castro serve in government, while others have come under fire for flaunting a lavish lifestyle amid soaring inequality.   Fidel Castro, left, and his brother, Cuban President Raúl Castro, talk during the 2018 opening session of the National Assembly in Havana on Sunday. Fidel Castro died in 2016 and Raúl Castro recently announced that he will step down as first secretary of Cubaâs Communist Party, the most powerful position in the country. A new generation of Cast...