Donald Trump increases pressure on Cuba: this will allow the United States to have a lawsuit for confiscation of the island

To a degree that The pressure on Havana increases, the government of Donald Trump will activate part of the law Helms-Burton – This has aggravated the economic sanctions against Cuba in 1996 – that all its predecessors in the White House have limited: will, for the first time since the Congress approved the measure, the US courts accept complaints against all foreign companies doing business with Cuba over confiscated property to Americans born on the island.

According to a senior Washington official, told AFP that the measure would Announced During National Security Advisor John Bolton's Visit to Miamion Wednesday 17, at the age of 58, of the unsuccessful attempt to invade Cuba in 1961.

Bolton will speak at meeting held by the Bay of Pigs Veterans' Association. The source in Washington DC added that the advisor would announce "the important steps the government has taken to address security threats related to Cuba, Venezuela and the democratic crisis in Nicaragua"

The Title III of the Helms-Burton Act allows for a lawsuit in the United States against the companies that generate money with transactions involving expropriated badets after the 1959 revolution. However, since the regulation was approved 23 years ago, all presidents have postponed the application of this clause avoid conflicts with third countries. Many US allies, such as European Union, which is currently Cuba's main trading partner, could be affected.

In this way, Trump does not reverse – again – the rapprochement between Washington DC and Havana, promoted by Barack Obama, otherwise what changes for the first time in two decades a sensitive aspect of the policy towards the island. The idea is that, faced with the possibility of lawsuits in the United States, Canadian and European companies stop operating and investing in Cuba.

The White House source, who requested anonymity, said the measure would be taken as retaliation for Cuba's support for Nicolás Maduro. The United States recognizes Juan Guaidó, leader of the opposition and the National Assembly, as president of Venezuela.

Bolton also said on Friday, during his trip to Miami, that he would discuss the measures the Trump government would take to to face "the threats of the troika of tyranny", with which he referred to Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Many exiles from all three countries live in South Florida.

AP warned that it was mainly a "symbolic" action because it would be limited to "some 200 Cuban companies and government agencies already subject to US sanctions for its links with the army and the intelligence services of Cuba ".