Within months of Fidel Castro’s arrival in Havana after the 1959 revolution, his government was seizing land, factories, shares, artwork and more in Cuba’s capital and beyond.

Within months of Fidel Castro’s arrival in Havana after the 1959 revolution, his government was seizing land, factories, shares, artwork and more in Cuba’s capital and beyond.

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Trump’s Cuba Squeeze Renews Fight Over $9 Billion Property Claims

Nearly 6,000 cases tied to revolutionary expropriations will be key to the island’s future as the US pushes its 67-year-old regime to the brink.