After the 1959 Cuban communist revolution, the government of Cuba confiscated properties from American citizens and others including its own people. To date, this remains the largest[1] confiscation of American property by any foreign government in history. The unlawful land grabs were done under the color of law. At times, done by bearded thugs using [...]
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Brazil to Abolish Cuban Medical Slavery
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro appears to have accomplished what no other leader in Latin America or the Caribbean has ever done in recent memory: forced Cuba to retreat. Bolsonaro said he would abolish Cuban medical slavery and offered political asylum to Cuban doctors in Brazil. Cuban health workers who opt to stay must pass a national [...]
To Solve The Venezuela Crisis, Target Havana-Managua-Caracas
Venezuela has been in a political and economic slow boil for nearly 15 or so years and, lately, it has become a regional and, arguably, a hemispheric crisis. Many Latin America policy experts want to directly intervene in Venezuela; some policymakers have suggested U.S. military engagement. In the long run but with one exception, the United [...]
Miami Herald: Miami billboards accuse cruise ships that sail to Cuba of dealing in confiscated property
From the Miami Herald: “Title IV needs to be used more robustly,” said attorney Jason Poblete. “Everything with Helms-Burton is a question of political will. There has to be the political will to follow through on this.”He said there are at least nine sections of Helms-Burton that have been poorly implemented through the years and [...]
NBC: New head of U.S. embassy in Cuba, Philip Goldberg, faces critical road ahead
From NBC: Jason Poblete, a Washington D.C. attorney with PobleteTamargo LLP, who specializes in export controls and economic sanctions, said this is just a continuation of a long existing policy of improving telecommunications, a process that started in 1992.“We don’t want Great Firewall of China tactics to block access in Cuba,” he said, referring to China’s [...]
