On Sept. 30, a mostly empty Boeing 747 lifted off from Baltimore-Washington International Airport bound for Havana — ushering in the first regularly scheduled air service between the U.S. and Cuban capitals since the two nations broke diplomatic ties more than half a century earlier.
Now that the United States and Cuba have restored diplomatic ties after a 54-year hiatus, a new report suggests that Havana’s next step should be pursuing membership in the World Bank, the IMF and other international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the Inter-American Development Bank.
At precisely 10 this morning, the Cuban flag will flutter for the first time in more than half a century over its stately old mission on Sixteenth Street — marking the opening of Washington’s newest embassy in years.
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