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Munu

(301 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:17 PM 5 hrs ago

Seriously? Try and collect. Or is this in preparation for ...

... "intervention" ???

Exxon can sue Cuba over property confiscated in 1960, Supreme Court rules (CNN)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Exxon Mobil to sue state-owned oil companies in Cuba over the confiscation of property that occurred after Fidel Castro’s regime seized power nearly seven decades ago, letting the lawsuit proceed at a time when President Donald Trump has taken an aggressive stance toward Havana.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for a 6-3 majority with the liberal justices in dissent.

The decision is the latest development in an unusual confluence of legal and geopolitical moves Washington has taken to increase pressure on Cuba. The Trump administration indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro on May 20 on charges that stem from his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft that killed four people, including three Americans. Trump has also flirted with military action in Cuba, telling reporters in March he might have the “honor of taking Cuba.”

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Understand 1960 is FORTY YEARS before "Exxon Mobil" even existed.
For that matter 12 years before "Exxon" existed.

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Seriously? Try and collect. Or is this in preparation for ... (Original Post) Munu 5 hrs ago OP
This has always been the basis for Republicans hatred of Cuba and Fidel Castro in particular. He confiscated...... FadedMullet 5 hrs ago #1
fidel gave the "american" property back to the peons. rampartd 3 hrs ago #4
Trump & US corporations are putting the UG Attilatheblond 5 hrs ago #2
They're calling dibs on the spoils. TommyT139 5 hrs ago #3
The same thing was done prior to the invasion of Venezuela. pecosbob 1 hr ago #5
Isn't there usually a statute of limitations for property theft? surrealAmerican 55 min ago #6

FadedMullet

(1,077 posts)
1. This has always been the basis for Republicans hatred of Cuba and Fidel Castro in particular. He confiscated......
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:31 PM
5 hrs ago

.......all the property that American businesses owned and turned it into state property. Their distaste for Socialism started and ended with them losing money.

rampartd

(5,457 posts)
4. fidel gave the "american" property back to the peons.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:08 PM
3 hrs ago

it was always theirs, long before battista took it for his gringo sponsors.

surrealAmerican

(11,947 posts)
6. Isn't there usually a statute of limitations for property theft?
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 06:48 PM
55 min ago

... Who amI kidding - the Supreme Court can't be counted on to care about US laws.

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