Gavi the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) is a public-private partnership that was created as an alliance between the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation among others, to provide vital vaccines to children in the poorest countries of the world.1 Since its inception, Gavi has helped immunize more than 580 million…
Author: Pablo Remirez de Eztenoz
The Cuba Embargo and Financial Sanctions
Foreign financial institutions are reluctant to deal with the Cuban Government. The main issue at stake is the long running Cuban Embargo by the Government of the United States. In February 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed an embargo on trade between the United States and Cuba, in response to certain actions taken by the…
Project Finance in Cuba: Can it be done?
In August 2016 Groupe ADP, a French airport operator, in consortium with Bouygues Bâtiment International, a French construction company, obtained the concession for the expansion and administration of the “Jose Marti International Airport” in Havana, Cuba (Havana Airport).1 This comes at a crucial time for air transportation and tourist development in the Caribbean Island. The…