Impressive private cars circulate through the streets of Cuba

The streets of Cuba continue to witness the proliferation of imported private cars, some of them high-end, unleashing the curiosity of Cubans who wonder what the “blockade” the regime is talking about is, in view of the growing number of American-made vehicles that roll around the Island.

Car buyers in Cuba belong mostly to the sector of newly created micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs), some of which already import even trucks from the United States, like the one seen circulating through Boyeros, in La Havana, from the International Trucks brand.

Another of the impressive cars seen in the Cuban capital is a Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG all-terrain vehicle, a powerful vehicle that sells for more than 150 thousand dollars.

The Instagram profile autos_try shares photographs of these new vehicles that now roll through the streets of Cuba, including a GMC SUV that was captured circulating with a provisional license plate, brand new, just like a Porsche.

A Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV, a Honda HRV 2023 (hybrid), or a Range Rover Velar (owned by Matanzas baseball player Erisbel Arruebarruena), are some of the high-end cars that impress Cubans, many of whom consider that Only people close to the regime's power circles can import them.

At the end of February, The Cuban regime announced new measures approved for the sale and import of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, in the midst of the transportation and energy crisis that hits the country.

Two months later, at the end of April, The United States Department of the Treasury granted licenses to Miami businessmen for shipping cars, trucks, tractors and even trailers to self-employed workers in Cuba.

According to what was reported by the channel Univision, the license is for 10 million dollars and only allows shipping to self-employed workers, not to Cuban Government agencies.

In May, the US government granted a car export license to Cuba to businessman Hugo Cancio and his company Fuego Enterprises Inc.

The license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the United States Department of Commerce allows the businessman who is a friend of the Palace of the Revolution to export hybrid or hybrid vehicles to Cuba. combustion, new and used, of different brands and sizes.

The vehicles sold to private Cuban companies must be manufactured between 2018 and 2023 and their prices will be adjusted to those of any dealer in the United States, reported Fuego Enterprises Inc.

At the time of the granting of the license being made public, Fuego Enterprises Inc. had processed 30 transactions for the purchase and sale of cars to Cuba, with a delivery time of up to 20 days, according to the company owned by Cancio.