Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would allow lawsuits against companies operating in Cuba since May 2

The government of Donald Trump will be activated from May 2 a rule that allows the prosecution of foreign companies present in Cuba who manage badets confiscated after the revolution, announced Wednesday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

"Anyone or business with business in Cuba should pay attention to this announcement," Pompeo told reporters.

The European Union (EU) and Canada regretted in a joint declaration the US decision to allow prosecutions in its courts against foreign companies operating in Cuba and warned of the "unnecessary spiral of lawsuits"for this measure.

"The decision of the United States (…) is unfortunate and will have a significant impact on the legitimate economic operators of the EU and Canada in Cuba.", said the head of European diplomacy, Federica Mogheriniand the Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, as well as the Canadian Chancellor, Chrystia Freeland, in the statement.

The Undersecretary of the United States State Department for the Western Hemisphere, Kimberly BreierHe added that there would be no exemptions. As he explained, The United States has been in close contact with its allies during the process of defining this section of the law that remained inactive for two decades.

The section of the standard dating from 1996 allows to initiate actions before the American justice against companies that record profits from nationalized badets after the 1959 revolution.

The National Security Advisor of the White House, John BoltonHe said on Twitter that "The United States will continue to take tough measures against the schemes that support the failure of the Maduro dictatorship"

"The government will continue to break the reprehensible ties that have contributed to Venezuela's decline," warned Bolton.

Cuba, which has been under US embargo since 1962, is accused by Washington of supporting Maduro, whose government has not been recognized by the United States, which supports opposition leader Juan Guaidó, speaker of the self-styled parliament president of Venezuela.

The United States is pressuring the international community to remove Maduro from power and has applied financial and oil sanctions to the collapse of Venezuela's economy. As part of these sanctions, also sanctioned the companies that brought the Venezuelan crude to the island.

The connection between Cuba and Washington has further deteriorated since the arrival at the White House in Bolton, which had already announced it previously "direct actions"against what he called the"the troika of tyranny", integrated by Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

(With information from AFP)