"The transition is complicated by a seesaw in U.S.-Cuba relations. The thaw under Obama has given way to a new frost under President Trump. After allegations of a mysterious attack that left nearly two dozen U.S. diplomats stationed in Cuba with brain injuries, Washington has left only a skeleton crew at its embassy in Havana.
The United States is now forcing Cubans looking for visas to apply in Guyana, nearly 2,000 miles away, putting the brakes on a host of personal trips and cultural exchanges.
The island’s nascent private sector, meanwhile, is under strain, because of actions by both the Cuban and U.S. governments. Cuban officials last year put a temporary halt on issuing new licenses for private businesses, arguing that time was needed to ensure that the island’s new crop of entrepreneurs were paying taxes and operating within the law. The freeze was seen as motivated by influential party officials still highly skeptical of change.
At the same time, Cuban officials say Trump administration policies have curtailed the flow of American tourists, who had begun to stream into the country in larger numbers under Obama."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/for-the-first-time-in-six-decades-cuba-wont-be-led-by-a-castro/2018/04/17/f1df8b3c-3e61-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_story.html?utm_term=.7de51441d964
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