US Helms-Burton Law against Cuba Rejected in Europe

[Judi Lynn]

Havana, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) The strengthening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade that the United States imposes on Cuba through the Helms-Burton law has been rejected in recent days in several European countries.

The day before, Alexander Schetinin, director of the Latin America Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, pleaded in statements to Prensa Latina in Moscow for a joint response from those who defend International Law, in the face of Washington's attempt to universalize the encirclement of the island with a law that bets on extraterritoriality.

Schetinin framed his position in the US decision to apply Title III of the Helms-Burton law to more than 200 Cuban companies included in a unilateral list of sanctions aimed at suffocating its economy, a scenario to the effort to materialize the Monroe Doctrine for hegemonic domination in Latin America.

The aforementioned Title of the law in force since 1996, with which the blockade is codified, seeks to prevent Cuba's access to foreign investment necessary for its socio-economic development.

More:
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39518&SEO=u.s.-helms-burton-law-against-cuba-rejected-in-europe

[Judi Lynn]

1. Earlier Reuters story from January, 2019:

JANUARY 16, 2019 / 4:18 PM / 2 MONTHS AGO
U.S. considering allowing lawsuits over Cuba-confiscated properties

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The so-called Title III rule forms part of the Helms-Burton Act, which codified all U.S. sanctions against Cuba into law 23 years ago. It has been waived by every president ever since, Democrats and Republicans alike, due to opposition from the international community and fears it could create chaos in the U.S. court system, analysts say.

. . .

However, analysts said such a move could backfire.

“It would cause an enormous legal mess, anger U.S. allies in Europe and Latin America, and probably result in a World Trade Organization case against the U.S.,” said William Leogrande, a professor of government at American University.

The State Department estimated in the past that allowing Title III to go into effect could result in 200,000 or more lawsuits being filed, he said.

Even U.S. businesses could get caught in the crossfire, said Michael Bustamante, an assistant professor of Latin American history at Florida International University.

U.S. airlines and cruise companies started operating in Cuba following Obama’s detente, paying fees to Havana’s airport and port, properties that may have been confiscated.

“Legitimate property claims need to be resolved, but in the context of a bilateral negotiation,” said Bustamante. “Those backing the enforcement of Title III seem most intent on sowing havoc rather than achieving a positive good.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba/us-considering-allowing-lawsuits-over-cuba-confiscated-properties-idUSKCN1PA30I

[Miguel M]

2. I guess that not many know that Cuba settled with all of the owners of eminent domain lost homes &

... businesses. Except with US citizens, US residents and US corporations not because Cuba didn't want to pay, but, US law prevented settlements with "the communist island" of Cuba - aka: the trading with the enemy act.

So much lost or never known info here in the US.
Almost no one dares to ask or find out.

[Judi Lynn]

3. You're so right. So many US Americans have no idea any of this has happened.

They have to nearly overhear it, or someone tells them directly, almost, to find out at all.

So much has been programmed into them through official perception management through corporate "news" sources and they stumble through their lives completely unaware, as intended.