Foreign businesses including several international hotel chains have ended or vastly reduced their presence in Cuba ahead of a Friday deadline from US President Donald Trump to sever ties with military conglomerate GAESA, which controls much of the island's economy and is sanctioned by Washington.

Numerosas empresas extranjeras han puesto fin o reducido considerablemente su presencia en Cuba.

Tres cadenas hoteleras internacionales y un banco que procesa transacciones con Visa y Mastercard retiraron sus negocios de Cuba.