Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions
Spanish hotel chains. A Canadian mining firm. European shipping giants. Visa and Mastercard. Scores of foreign companies have been driven out of Cuba this summer over fear of being hit with potent, new secondary sanctions. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, told Axios last month there are “no escape valves” from his unprecedented pressure campaign against the island.
But not everybody is losing out. A growing cast of Washington and Florida insiders – from billionaire Trump cronies and Rubio-linked lobbyists to Cuban exiles – are jockeying for control of the communist-ruled island-nation’s key assets, charging top dollar to help clients navigate the ever-expanding web of sanctions, and positioning themselves for lucrative business opportunities in the case of regime collapse.
Since an executive order signed by Donald Trump on 1 May drove Canada’s Sherritt International from its nickel and cobalt mining joint venture with the Cuban state, two rival US bids to buy out its stake have been presented to US authorities.
It’s crazy that so many Cuban Americans are trumpsters.
There were a lot of very well off Cubans who fled to the US who probably see this as an opportunity to go and reclaim what they see as long lost family fortunes.
Its crazy how many Americans are imperialists.
Hopefully now not trumpets
Long live the cuban revolution
glory to the people of cuba
“I’m bored. Canada’s boring. Oh, yeah! Cuba!”
Collapse of the us, not collapse of cuba, right?
Aww who am I kidding they’ll never take him
All the goddamn greedy coconuts wanting to be the next Fulgencio Batista.
THROW TRUMP COINS INTO LAKE ONTARIO
