In April, the US announced that it would enable lawsuits against foreign businesses that use property confiscated in Cuba after Fidel Castro’s revolution as Washington has stepped up pressure against the island nation, which supports Venezuela’s legitimate President Nicolas Maduro amid an ongoing political crisis.
Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has lashed out at US President Donald Trump, whose administration has decided to enforce a legal provision allowing lawsuits over nationalised Cuban property in US courts. In an interview with Spanish public broadcaster TVE, the official warned that this could open a legal battle and threatened that Spain “will go to the WTO” (World Trade Organisation).