President Donald Trump will open the way for lawsuits in US courts over property confiscated by Cuba
, enforcing a controversial law that angered European allies and could rattle the island's economy, after more than two decades of delay.
"This will create even more confusion for foreign investments that are helping create jobs and prosperity in Cuba," EU envoy to Havana Alberto Navarro told reporters.With the change, Cuban exiles will be allowed to head to US courts to sue both private companies and the Havana government for profiting from properties nationalized after Fidel Castro's 1959 communist revolution.
"Years of consecutive extensions may have lulled some into a false sense of impunity," said Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, a Florida Republican of Cuban descent. The implementation"would be clearly detrimental to the smooth running of international business," she told reporters.Among potential targets of the law are the Hotel Habana Libre, the former Hilton which is now run by Spain's Melia chain.
Obama eased travel restrictions for Americans and himself visited Cuba, signaling to many US businesses that the time had come to return to the island.
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