Cuba’s hotels sit empty as US pressure campaign drives tourists away

Havana, Cuba — 

Cuba’s tourism sector seems to have everything from white sandy beaches to Spanish colonial forts.

Everything except for tourists.

The island’s economy has been caught in a death spiral following a barrage of sanctions levied by the Trump administration against the communist-run government.

As services break down and shortages worsen, foreign visitors –– and the income they bring — have vanished faster than the ice in a mojito on a summer day.

Former tourism hot spots are now ghost towns, including Old Havana, the original settlement of the Cuban capital which was founded in the 16th…

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