An independent atlas of Cuban opportunity

We're building this because we believe Cuba opens — and when it does, the people who mapped the opportunity and backed its entrepreneurs early will have built something that matters. This is optimism with a spreadsheet attached.

It's the single best place to discover where value will be unlocked across Cuba — and to act on the slice that is legal today. Three views on one map: the licensed private-sector support lane (small, legal now, via QvaPay), an infrastructure atlas of the state economy (large, information-only), and a confiscated-property claims registry (the Helms-Burton risk map).

Why it's different

The closest analogue is Global Energy Monitor — asset-level maps with ownership traced to the ultimate state parent. The closest single-country thing is a government investment-promotion portal like Cuba's own ProCuba "Cartera de Oportunidades". This site is the independent, compliance-aware, claims-aware counter-version of that: an asset-level map of Cuba's economy, with a QvaPay support lane on the licensed private-sector slice and a Helms-Burton risk overlay on the rest. No other site combines the private-sector lane, controlling entities, and confiscation risk on one map. That fusion is the point.

The two layers

Layer 1 — Support now: licensed private-sector MIPYMEs, backed through OFAC-authorized remittances and payments via QvaPay wallets — not equity. Layer 2 — Atlas: the full state economy, information only, "register interest" for a post-sanctions world or non-U.S. capital. Publishing information is protected; routing U.S. money into Layer 2 is the violation — so the product never does. See Compliance and the legal basis.

How it stays current

A weekly agent (a GitHub Action) researches asset-status changes and dead links and opens a Pull Request; a human reviews the diff and merges to publish. Nothing goes live automatically, and the agent can never flip an asset to "supportable" — that field is fenced off in code. The sanctions lists shown here are dated snapshots; live screening must use the official sources — see Data & methodology.

Havana groundwork

Building relationships and pipeline on the ground — with private entrepreneurs, Cuba Emprende graduates, logistics — is good and legal. Any payment, gift or inducement to a Cuban government official, the Party, GAESA, or a Restricted-List entity is prohibited under both U.S. sanctions and the FCPA. Keep the skids greased with value and trust, not money to the regime.