Online portal used to send US deliveries to Cuba stops taking orders
The portal said previously approved orders will still be delivered as U.S. sanctions threaten foreign firms tied to Cuba’s military-run conglomerate.
- Envioscuba.com stopped accepting new orders as the Trump administration increases sanctions targeting Cuban businesses, though previously approved orders will still be delivered.
- These platforms operate directly with GAESA, a business conglomerate owned by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, selling products stored in GAESA warehouses rather than shipping from the United States.
- Emilio Morales, president at the Miami-based Havana Consulting Group, expects other similar portals to shut down to avoid sanctions for conducting business with the Cuban government.
- Spanish hotel chain Meli recently announced it will cease operations at 15 of the 34 hotels it manages on the island, joining a growing list of companies withdrawing from Cuba.
- Increasingly, it is the most vulnerable Cubans who are being punished as they endure shortages of food and medicine, with many relying on family in the United States to send money and packages.
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Online Portal for Delivering Goods to Cubans Ceases Operations
EnviosCuba, an online portal used by Cubans in the United States to buy goods and appliances for their relatives in Cuba, has ceased operations amid heightened U.S. economic pressure on the Cuban regime. In a notice posted on its website, the company said it had stopped providing services to customers due to “reasons beyond our control.” It did not elaborate on the reason for the closure. “All approved and in-process orders will be shipped,” the…
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Online portal used to send US deliveries to Cuba stops taking orders
One of the main online platforms that Cubans living in the United States use to send money, food, and clothing to their relatives on the island is ceasing operations as the Trump administration increases pressure on the Cuban government.
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Washington TimesOnline portal used to send U.S. deliveries to Cuba stops taking orders
One of the main online platforms that Cubans living in the United States use to send money, food, and clothing to their relatives on the island is ceasing operations as the Trump administration increases pressure on the Cuban government.
One of the main online platforms that Cubans living in the United States use to send money, food and clothing to their relatives on the island stopped operating, at a time when President Donald Trump's government increases pressure on Havana.
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