Norwegian Breakaway in Saint Petersburg (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES A Federal judge ordered that Norwegian Cruise Line must pay $110 million in damages for use of a port that Cuba’s government confiscated in 1960. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom made
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A Federal judge in Miami ruled that four of the largest cruise lines “trafficked in stolen property” by traveling to Cuba. In the March 21, 2022, ruling, U.S. Judge Beth Bloom found that Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Ltd.,
LafargeHolcim Ltd renamed Holcim Ltd is a French-Swiss multinational company that manufactures building materials By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Swiss multinational cement company LafargeHolcim agreed in principle to settle a lawsuit under Title III of the U.S. Helms-Burton Act of 1996, which established the right to sue for
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES A U.S. Federal judge Monday dismissed a ‘Helms-Burton’ lawsuit against the cruise company Carnival for doing business with Cuba. The judge in the Southern District of Florida Miami Division threw out the lawsuit filed in 2019 by Cuban-American Javier
Credit: US Mission To United Nations / Kelly Knight Craft, United States Ambassador to United Nations By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Finally, the United States has an active Ambassador to the United Nations in place. Kelly Knight Craft,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Kelly Knight Craft, 57, is the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Craft to be Washington’s top ambassador to the UN. Until yesterday, the crucial
DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Carnival Cruise has become the first company sued under the Trump Administration’s new policy change allowing lawsuits against seized Cuban property. The Trump administration announced last month it is allowing former owners of commercial property expropriated by Cuba to sue companies and