The State Department on Monday announced it would allow lawsuits to be brought against Cuba companies and individuals by people whose property was seized by the communist government during and after Fidel Castro's revolution in the late 1950s. "Even under a new president in Cuba, nothing has changed," a senior State Department official said Monday. The State Department, however, made clear that any lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts would target Cuban entities and sub-entities, not ones owned or controlled by U.S. allies. "This is the first time we're not fully suspending this section of the Libertad Act," the senior State Department official said. But tourism, remittances and subsidized oil from Venezuela have allowed the government to maintain basic services.

Source: Fox News March 04, 2019 18:33 UTC