tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post1600401624608441086..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: No evictionsPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-62578562840041960042011-07-20T19:26:00.894-04:002011-07-20T19:26:00.894-04:00About 5 years ago I was at an event here in the US...About 5 years ago I was at an event here in the US where a Cuban academic spoke. I think he taught business or accounting. He was definitely in the generation that left Cuba soon after revolution, and was probably no older than 7 years old when he left Cuba. In his speech before an audience of mostly exiles aged 50 and above, he acknowledged that the exile community will probably never get back their housing. He said the exiles cannot show up in Cuba and demand a return of their family mansion, which had been subdivided and was now occupied by half a dozen families. There was no opposition to this opinion from this very anti- Castro crowd.<br /><br />He did say that Cubans who owned land, factories and hotels stood a better chance of getting compensated or getting their property back. This was especially the case where there was foreign investment. He added that he knew of a Cuban family in Florida who had been approached by Spanish hoteliers who had invested in a resort built on land that the family had owned before 1959. The Spaniards were looking to pay a settlement to the family upon which they would abandon any future claims to the land in Cuba on which they had built a resort. He did not say where this property was located, but said that the family declined to negotiate.Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362254296359835033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-58105303817085806102011-07-19T09:52:39.424-04:002011-07-19T09:52:39.424-04:00on real politik they are asking for a favour from ...on real politik they are asking for a favour from castro's regimeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757512087898162282noreply@blogger.com