I recently visited Cuba on an official mission through Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), of which I have been a member for almost 10 years.
EO is about encouraging entrepreneurship worldwide, and the purpose of the mission was to introduce business leaders to Cuban business, as well as political, cultural, and daily life.
EO is a global organization, so although most of the group was from the United States, we also had entrepreneurs from India, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and New Zealand. There were 80 of us on the trip.
The visit was structured to allow us access to many different facets of Cuban society, and to say it was jam packed with meetings and visits would be an understatement.
Over the course of four days, I visited a Santeria temple, the National University of the Arts, received a briefing from the U.S. Interest Section about the political situation in the country, was addressed by the speaker of the General Assembly, met with the leader of the Jewish Community and toured the Patronato synagogue, visited private art galleries and...
