Washington, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) Members of the Martiana Alliance, which gathers Cuban emigration entities in the U.S. city of Miami, rejected Tuesday the Title III and the rest of the Helms-Burton law, the codifier of the blockade against Cuba.
They reiterated that the blockade, which has lasted more than 55 years, constitutes a genocidal policy and ‘affects the well-being and peace of our relatives in Cuba, of all the people, and their unquestionable right to live and develop in peace.
That High Court decision, quoted by the Alliance, determined that ‘if there is no treaty or other agreement in force on the issue, the federal courts have no jurisdiction over a dispute concerning another country expropriating property in its own territory, even if it violates international law.
Cuba’s enemies, when they drafted the Helms-Burton Act and its Title III, knew perfectly well what was established on these issues, but it did not care and does not continue to care, criticized the alliance.
This title evidences the extraterritorial character of the blockade, since it would allow U.S. nationals to take to court anyone who ‘traffics’ in ‘U.S. property’ in Cuba.
According to the law, ‘North American property’ is considered to be those nationalized in Cuba after January 1, 1959, when the Cuban Revolution triumphed, and is defined as ‘trafficking’ in the purchase, reception, use or subsequent investment in those possessions.