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Trump’s hard stance on Cuba makes US real estate deals in the country all but impossible

Moves like Starwood’s takeover of 3 Havana hotels are out the window

From TRD South Florida: Even after President Obama’s rapprochement with the Cuban government, U.S. real estate players faced logistical nightmares when trying to do deals in the Caribbean island nation. Now, President Trump’s rollback of Obama-era policies has made opportunities for Cuban property plays even more bleak.

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“I am canceling the last administration completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” Trump said on Friday. Under his administration’s new policy, individual travel to the communist nation will be restricted, and American transactions with companies controlled by the Cuban military, which largely runs the tourism industry, will be clamped down on.

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