Accessing Opportunities in the World’s Most Promising Markets
Accessing Opportunities in the World’s Most Promising Markets
Travel & Hospitality
A comprehensive travel program to Cuba. We are a full-service agency with direct investments and active management of hospitality properties in the island.
Media Content & Publishing
The Cuban-focused crossover media platform solution, with an independent news-correspondent office in Havana with print and online publications that share distribution in the U.S. and Cuba.
Development of Technologies
Development, implementation, and operation of technological solutions in data mining, predictive analytics, and online marketplaces with impact for the growing Cuban private sector.
Consulting & Business Development
Management Consulting
Public Relations
Media Advertising & Promotion
Business Opportunity Analysis
E-Commerce & Big Data Solutions
Hugo M. Cancio
President & CEO
Hugo Cancio is an internationally-renowned expert on the Cuban business environment and culture and is an active proponent of Cuba’s reconciliation and economic growth. As the President and CEO of Fuego Enterprises since 1997, Mr. Cancio has built a substantial diversified holdings company with operations in media and entertainment as well as travel and telecommunications. He has become one of the most preeminent advisors and consultant on U.S.-Cuban political and economic relations. Among his many accomplishments is the production of the critically acclaimed film “Zafiros Locura Azul” and the OnCuba media platform, which is the first Cuban-focused bilingual platform with national distribution in the U.S. and a leading cross-over media solution for both the U.S. and Cuba. He has also advised several Fortune 500 companies on how to do business with Cuba, including Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings. He is a featured panelist and speaker in prestigious conferences and publications around the world, including SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference in Las Vegas, Knowledge@Wharton’s Cuba Opportunity Summit, The New Yorker Magazine, Internationale, France 24, CNN, MSNBC, NBC Today Show, and many others.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Mr. Cancio immigrated to the US in 1980 during the Mariel Boatlift. Mr. Cancio is the proud father of three daughters and while he resides in Miami, he maintains strong personal and business connections throughout Cuba and shuttles frequently to Havana.
Ariel Machado
Vice President & COO
Tahimi Arboleya
Publishing & Branding Director
Gisselle Pinares
Director of Finance and Human Resources
Hugo Cancio: Cuba's American Business Connection
Hugo Cancio believes he's the new face of American-style entrepreneurship in Cuba.
Businessman: Cuba is the ‘land of opportunity’ | CNN
Don’t expect American-style capitalism, says Cuban-American businessman Hugo Cancio, but the time to invest is now.
Interviews From Havana - Relations between Cubans in Cuba and abroad
Cancio advocates building bridges of understanding and reconciliation between the two communities and explains changes currently occurring among Cuban-Americans.