US to allow first lawsuits against Cuba over seized property
by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Mar 05, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - To turn up pressure on Cuba's communist government, the Trump administration is reversing longstanding practice and allowing U.S. citizens to sue certain Cuban companies over property expropriated decades ago, officials said Monday.
U.S. officials said they intend to hold government and military leaders in Cuba accountable for homes, businesses and land seized after the late Fidel Castro rose to power in a 1959 revolution.
The administration, however, stopped short of including among the potential targets for
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