US jury’s $30m verdict brings hope for Cuban exiles over confiscated land

<p>Lawsuit brought under Helms-Burton could spur others pursuing compensation for property seized by Castro </p><p>Long before it became one of Cuba’s most popular tourist destinations in the 1990s, the small island of Cayo Coco, with its <a href="https://humphreystravel.com/2022/02/05/back-to-cayo-coco-and-pilar-beach/">pristine beaches and powdery white sands</a>, attracted a different kind of clientele.</p><p>Inspired by its unspoiled beauty, and his observations of shack-dwelling fishermen scratching out a meager living, Ernest Hemingway set scenes from two of his most famous books there, including the 1952 classic The Old Man and the Sea.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/cuba-cayo-coco-florida-land">Continue reading...</a>