LatinNews Daily - 04 November 2019

Cuba: On 25 October, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo notified Elaine Chao, US Secretary of Transportation, of the Department of State’s latest measure to sanction the Cuban government. Under the new sanctions, commercial carrier flights between the US and nine of ten of Cuba’s international airports have been suspended until further notice, with the exception of the ‘José Martí’ International Airport in the country’s capital, Havana. Notably, the sanctions do not apply to chartered US flights to the Caribbean island.  The measure follows on from US sanctions applied in June which prohibited US travel to Cuba via passenger and recreational vessels, including cruise ships, yachts, and private and corporate aircraft. The suspension will come into effect on 10 December, giving airlines Delta, JetBlue, and American Airlines a period of 45 days to discontinue their services to destinations such as Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, and Varadero amongst others. The US Department of State’s press release concerning the passenger flight sanctions outlines the US government’s “policy of strengthening the economic consequences to the Cuban regime for its ongoing repression of the Cuban people and its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela”.

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