Tom Popper

CEO of 82° West Consultants & former founder & award winning President of insightCuba & CEO. Working or not, I’m likely ✈️ to some far-off part of the 🌎

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@tk_hernandez Congratulations!

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@MonicaCrowley You have such class.

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@MiRo47581791 @apenlady @atrupar It's actually a NY Times/Sienna poll.

[Cuba Business Report @CubaReport]

80 Mexican companies, 100 Cuban companies and 32 MSMEs participate in the #Cuba #Mexico Business Forum:

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@IlhanMN @AOC He'll claim he didn't receive any communication from the Jan 6th commission until they show the communication and response from his office. Then he'll tell us the details of the communication.

[William M. LeoGrande @WMLeoGrande]

The 2022 Summit of the Americas: An embarrassment for Biden https://t.co/i1JlmkHXnp via @AJEnglish #Cuba

[Cuba Business Report @CubaReport]

Visit/interview at the @ZEDMarielCuba. First visit in 2017. The development & investment since first visit is astounding, it’s like a new city. This visionary project now experiencing reinvestment by some investors signifying there are no limits for the visionaries among us.

[Cuba Business Report @CubaReport]

Just finished a fascinating interview with Business Manager, @AnnaHuong14 Nguyen, #ViMariel industrial park, the concessionaire within the zone @ZEDMarielCuba #ZEDM #industrialzone #EconomicDevelopment #development #Vietnam

[William M. LeoGrande @WMLeoGrande]

Biden Finally Realized He Can’t Ignore #Cuba Any Longer https://t.co/KGD4iRxykR

[Cuba Standard @CubaStandard]

‘Now it will only get worse’: Cuba grapples with impact of Ukraine war https://t.co/Br1rJiiUGE

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@danielrzim1 One bystander is quoted on Twitter saying that he saw a liquid gas truck pull up to the building. We’ll have to wait and see to learn more.

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Explosion damages the Hotel Saratoga and adjacent buildings in Havana this morning. The cause, injuries and any potential fatalities have not been published as of yet.

Also of serious concern is the elementary school across the street.

#cuba #hotelsaratoga #havana

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Bam! Just like that, a federal judge ruled that the CDC mask requirement for flights and other public transportation is done.

Are you ready to go maskless on your next flight?
https://t.co/jO3hqjceiI

#cdcmaskmandate #travel #travelindustry #airtravel #covidtravel

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After a five year hiatus from diplomacy between the U.S. and Cuba, a high level meeting between the U.S. and Cuba is scheduled for this Thursday.

The topic... migration.

It's great to see the U.S. finally agreeing to sit down and talk.

#cuba #uscubarelations #diplomacy

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Interesting piece by Leo Schwartz at @restofworld on the past, present and future of private home stays and how @Airbnb helped shape tourism in Cuba.

https://t.co/iqAHvLNN47

#casaparticular #cuba #traveltocuba #cubatravel #cubatourism #airbnb

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Update regarding the reopening of the @USEmbassyHavana.

Visas will continue to be processed at the U.S. Embassy in Guyana continuing the application hardship created by former President Trump.

See statement below:
https://t.co/12ULtVKUwg
#cuba #diplomacy #usembargo #blockade

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Announcement regarding the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, at least partially, said to come Thursday.

Reportedly, there is a backlog of 90k visa applications.

Let's see what is said on Thursday.

#usembassyincuba #cuba #havana #usvisas #cuban #diplomacy

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@danielrzim1 Yea, I saw you there too. It was okay. His perspective was valued and spot.

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"There is no glorious democratic free revolutionary past to hold up as an example. The Cuban people have virtually no civic experience with clean and healthy functioning representative democracy throughout their entire history"

#cuba #uscubarelations #diplomacy

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An often talked about prerequisite by many present and past in U.S. government regarding the normalization of relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

#cuba #uscubarelations #diplomacy

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Quote by former Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, Mark Entwistle, delivered today about criticism lobbed toward Cuba about the county's lack of free and democratic elections.

#cuba #uscubarelations #diplomacy