Trump’s Cuba Squeeze Renews Fight Over $9 Billion Property Claims

Within months of Fidel Castro's arrival in Havana after the 1959 revolution, his government seized land, factories, shares, artwork and other private assets across Havana and beyond. These expropriations established state control over major assets and marked the start of Cuba's wide-reaching nationalization program.

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Within months of Fidel Castro's arrival in Havana after the 1959 revolution, his government seized land, factories, shares, artwork and other private assets across Havana and beyond. These expropriations established state control over major assets and marked the start of Cuba's wide-reaching nationalization program.