Cuba
US Supreme Court Paves Way For Companies Affected By Fidel Castro’s Expropriations To Seek Compensation From Cuba
The justices ruled in favor of Havana Docks Corporation receiving compensation after the nationalization of its docks in 1960
A new twist in the tensions between the United States and Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of a U.S. company whose docks were confiscated by the Castro regime in 1960 after Fidel Castro came to power. The court’s decision — in a case openly supported by U.S. President Donald Trump — opens the door to future claims by other U.S. firms and citizens affected during the wave of expropriations carried out in the early years of the Cuban Revolution.
The ruling passed by a vote of eight to one. The company in question is Havana Docks Corporation. The decision comes amid the White House’s campaign to pressure Cuba, which is gripped by a severe economic and humanitarian crisis. It also comes one day after the U.S. Department of Justice indicted former president Raúl Castro (2008–2018) for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two planes belonging to the Brothers to the Rescue organization, in which four people were killed.
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