WASHINGTON _ The White House is considering taking steps to allow thousands of Cuban-Americans to sue in U.S. courts foreign companies and others who now control real estate on the island that was seized from them by the Cuban government.
A day before Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton delivers a speech in Miami outlining how the administration will increase pressure on Latin America, McClatchy has learned the White House has discussed the proposal with Sen. Marco Rubio and other south Florida lawmakers who have been pushing the administration to take more concrete steps against Cuba.
Rubio, a Republican who is seen as one of the president's principal advisers on Western Hemisphere issues, has pushed the proposal with the White House, National Security Council and State Department is also pressing for the administration to expand the list of Cuban companies that can be sanctioned. He also wants Trump and other Cabinet leaders to press allies to lobby Cuba to stop backing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
