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El impacto internacional de la ley Helms-Burton

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  • Joaquín Roy
Vol. 30 No. 118 (1997): Abril - Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.1997.15169

Abstract

The so-called Helms-Burton law has attracted the attention of specialists. Expectations of tough court litigation have yet to be confirmed because of President Clinton's temporary suspension of Title III, which would allow former owners of confiscated assets in Cuba to sue those who "trafficked" with them. The temporary agreement signed between Washington and the European Union froze the confrontation process within the WTO, although additional measures by the North American Congress threaten to maintain the tension. As a legacy, two dimensions remain for analysis. In the first place, the impact exerted by the political motivations of the law in the international relations of the United States and; second, the issue will continue to attract the attention of jurists due to its complexity. In this work, special attention is paid to this second dimension, closely related to the first.

Keywords:

Helms-Burton Law, United States, Cuba, European Union, International Law

Author Biography

Joaquín Roy

Licenciado en derecho, Universidad de Barcelona; master y Ph.D. Georgetown University; catedrático de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Miami; entre sus recientes libros destacan La reconstrucción de Centroamérica: el pape! de la Comunidad Europea, (Miami: North South Center, 1991); España y Cuba, (Madrid: Biblioteca Cubana Contemporánea, 19S8); El Espacio Iberoamericano: dimensiones y percepciones de la relación especial entre España y América Latina, (Miami/Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Ibéricos/Centro de Estudios Internacionales, 1996).

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Roy, J. (1997). El impacto internacional de la ley Helms-Burton. Estudios Internacionales, 30(118), p. 170–194. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.1997.15169
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