"Cuba, renting a car, sleeping in a hotel, diving or buying in a store has one thing in common: the companies that provide these services belong to the Grupo Empresarial Empresarial S.A. (GAESA) led by the Revolutionary Armed Forces, reported dpa news.
GAESA is the largest Cuban holding company and includes a conglomerate of more than 50 companies, all directed under the laws of the market and chaired by brigadier General Luis Alberto Rodríguez " [1]
"American tourists strolling the ample squares and narrow streets of colonial Havana may not know it, (...) , they are probably patronizing businesses owned by Cuba’s military."
"Today GAESA boasts dozens of companies that control anywhere from 40 percent to 60 percent of the Caribbean island’s foreign exchange earnings, " [2]
GAESA is the largest Cuban holding company and includes a conglomerate of more than 50 companies, all directed under the laws of the market and chaired by brigadier General Luis Alberto Rodríguez " [1]
"American tourists strolling the ample squares and narrow streets of colonial Havana may not know it, (...) , they are probably patronizing businesses owned by Cuba’s military."
"Today GAESA boasts dozens of companies that control anywhere from 40 percent to 60 percent of the Caribbean island’s foreign exchange earnings, " [2]
The list goes on.
[1] https://www.havanatimes.org/?p=125750
[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-military/cuban-m...