Americans send $2 billion a year to Cuba - Dec. 17, 2014

Trade with Cuba has been blocked for decades, but nearly $2 billion was sent to Cubans last year from within the United States.

Most of it came from Cuban-Americans sending money home to their families. But now, anyone in the U.S. can send up to $8,000 a year to just about anybody in Cuba, as the Obama Administration eases restrictions with the Communist country.

Americans send $2 billion a year to Cuba - Dec. 17, 2014