2018 Email From the State Department re: Title IV of the Helms Burton Act

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TURBOFAC Commentary (573 words)

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1) The email correspondence is between the State Department component that deals with the Cuba-related "secondary sanctions" provisions of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 and a U.S. person holder of a certified claim to “confiscated” property in the form of Cuban docks. That U.S. person, the Havana Docks Corporation, has sued Carnival Corporation [1] and Royal Caribbean Cruises [2] (and others) under Title III of the LIBERTAD (private right of action for money damages against any person who “traffics” in “confiscated” property as defined by 22 U.S.C. § 6023(13). See 22 U.S.C. § 6082).

Here, the State Department official informs a representative of the Havana Docks Corporation that for the purposes of Title IV of the LIBERTAD Act, which the State Department enforces, the State Department does not consider cruise ships that dock at a confiscated dock to be...

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2018 Email From the State Department re: Title IV of the Helms Burton Act

TURBOFAC Commentary (573 words)