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Munu

(309 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:17 PM Tuesday

Seriously? Try and collect. Or is this in preparation for ... [View all]

... "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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