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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Megan Janetsky

HISTORICAL FACTS: Western union resumes limited money transfers to cuba | History Defined

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Western Union said Wednesday it has resumed remittance services between the U.S. and Cuba in a limited capacity after two years of the essential economic lifeline being severed.

The company stopped the money transfers in 2020 after then President Donald Trump tightened long-standing U.S. on Cuba. The Biden administration has loosed a handful of the Trump-era restrictions, including remittance payments, but has still left many in place.

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