US and Cuba Need to Talk About Settling Outstanding Property Claims, Other Pressing Matters of Importance to America

US Cuba policy must be driven by American interests first, the rest is secondary

Americans were owed billions of dollars from Cuba for unlawful property confiscations at the start of the 1959 socialist revolution. It’s an issue that has fazed American policymakers for decades and still does. Yet it’s the one issue that could help start to recast how we engage our friend 90 miles away.

The Miami Herald’s Nora Gamez Torres is one of t…