Not legal, tax or investment advice, and not authorization for any transaction. U.S. sanctions (31 CFR Part 515) prohibit investment or equity in any Cuban business; nothing here is a determination that a transaction is lawful. Structure anything Cuba-facing only with qualified OFAC sanctions counsel and screen every party with QvaPay Sentinel.
Primary sources: OFAC Cuba Sanctions · 31 CFR Part 515 (CACR) · OFAC Cuba FAQs · Cuba Restricted List
Data & sources
Every asset carries its own sources. The compliance corpus below is ingested from official U.S. government publications, validated against a typed schema at build time, and stamped with a retrieval date. These are dated snapshots — the Restricted List and SDN change over time. Operational screening must use the live sources — OFAC SDN search, Cuba Restricted List, and the Prohibited Accommodations List — not the dated snapshots here; an agentic worker re-pulls them (see About).
| Dataset | Size | Retrieved | Source of record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunities dataset | 97 assets | 2026-09-29 | Research appendix (Seatrade, BNamericas, Reuters, USGS, GEM, UNESCO, FCSC, SCOTUS, et al.) |
| Cuba Restricted List | 236 entities | 2026-08-03 | U.S. State Dept · Federal Register 2025-13149 ↗ |
| OFAC SDN + authorities | 38 designations | 2026-09-29 | OFAC · Cuba sanctions (SDN List) ↗ |
| Prohibited Accommodations List | 429 hotels | 2026-08-03 | U.S. State Dept · Federal Register 2025-13148 ↗ |
| Controlling-entity registry | 16 entities | 2026-08-03 | Curated; sanctions flags auto cross-referenced |
| Macro context | Country profile | 2026-08-03 | CIA World Factbook · World Bank cross-check ↗ |
How the legal badge is computed
- Each asset records its ownership, its layer (state/military vs. independent private), and whether U.S. equity is ever possible.
- Its controlling entity's name and aliases are matched against the Cuba Restricted List, the OFAC SDN list, and the Prohibited Accommodations List.
- An asset can show a Support option only if it is a cleared private-sector entry and none of those lists matched.
- A build-time check fails if any asset is ever marked investable for a U.S. person (there is no equity lane) or if a supportable asset has a sanctioned counterparty — so a data error cannot ship an unlawful Support button.
Methodology and limitations are documented within each dataset. Not legal advice.
Common questions
Where does the atlas data come from?+
Official U.S. government publications — the State Department's Cuba Restricted List and Prohibited Accommodations List, and OFAC's SDN list — plus sourced research per asset, each stamped with a retrieval date.
How current is the sanctions data?+
These are dated snapshots; the Restricted List and SDN list change over time. For operational screening, always use the live OFAC and State Department sources, not the snapshots shown here.