/tags/remittances remittances en-US WLRN Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:00:00 GMT /news/2022-02-11/cuba-creates-a-new-money-transfer-agency-but-is-there-anything-different-about-orbit Cuban exiles might ask: If Cuba's new agency to handle electronic cash transfers from abroad is controlled by the military, like the old agency, what's the point? Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:00:00 GMT /news/2022-02-11/cuba-creates-a-new-money-transfer-agency-but-is-there-anything-different-about-orbit Tim Padgett /news/2022-01-26/a-town-in-mexico-survives-entirely-on-money-sent-back-by-u-s-migrants The money has allowed their families to remain in Comachuen, a town in the Michoacan mountains rather than moving to other parts of Mexico for work. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:19:40 GMT /news/2022-01-26/a-town-in-mexico-survives-entirely-on-money-sent-back-by-u-s-migrants The Associated Press /news/2021-07-20/biden-weighing-options-on-cuba-including-remittances-amid-mass-regime-arrests-of-protesters With more than 500 anti-government protesters believed locked up in Cuba, President Biden is looking to help families there without helping the regime. Tue, 20 Jul 2021 21:40:20 GMT /news/2021-07-20/biden-weighing-options-on-cuba-including-remittances-amid-mass-regime-arrests-of-protesters Tim Padgett /news/2021-03-02/mobile-bank-aims-to-help-immigrants-with-remittances-payments The idea behind Majority is to offer a variety of services that immigrants need in one place, in one mobile app. The company is opening an office in Little Havana. Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:42:53 GMT /news/2021-03-02/mobile-bank-aims-to-help-immigrants-with-remittances-payments Daniel Rivero /2020-10-28/cuban-government-announces-closure-of-western-union-offices-and-suspension-of-remittances Embargo regulations imposed by the Trump Administration will result in the closure of more than 400 Western Union offices in Cuba and the suspension of remittances. Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:13:13 GMT /2020-10-28/cuban-government-announces-closure-of-western-union-offices-and-suspension-of-remittances Nora Gámez Torres | The Miami Herald /news/2020-06-10/will-new-u-s-restrictions-make-it-significantly-harder-to-send-remittances-to-cuba This week the Trump administration will lay out new restrictions on remittances to Cuba. They could lead to a more drastic reduction in the amount of… Wed, 10 Jun 2020 22:03:10 GMT /news/2020-06-10/will-new-u-s-restrictions-make-it-significantly-harder-to-send-remittances-to-cuba Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2020-03-31/u-s-sanctions-and-coronavirus-why-aid-offers-to-north-korea-but-not-to-cuba Last week, we asked if the U.S. should loosen economic sanctions against countries during grave crises like the new coronavirus. We considered Venezuela;… Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:25:56 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2020-03-31/u-s-sanctions-and-coronavirus-why-aid-offers-to-north-korea-but-not-to-cuba Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2019-10-14/more-than-remittances-a-millennial-expat-calls-on-his-peers-to-do-biz-in-haiti We first met Christherson Jeanty last week in our report on Haiti's grave political and economic crises. Jeanty was born in Haiti, grew up in Pompano… Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:23:05 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-10-14/more-than-remittances-a-millennial-expat-calls-on-his-peers-to-do-biz-in-haiti Tim Padgett /news/2019-04-17/trump-cuts-back-travel-remittances-to-cuba-a-lot-of-cuban-americans-wont-be-happy President Trump’s national security advisor came to Miami on Wednesday to announce more get-tough measures on Cuba. But some re-tightening of Cuba policy… Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:57:13 GMT /news/2019-04-17/trump-cuts-back-travel-remittances-to-cuba-a-lot-of-cuban-americans-wont-be-happy Tim Padgett