Office Supply Chain Holds Claim to Seized Power Company |
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Friday, 24 July 2015 00:00 |
In a recent editorial titled "US-Cuba Thaw Could Bring Staples a Windfall," Taryn Luna, author at the Boston Globe, talks with Mauricio Tamargo, certified claims attorney, as she discusses the changing hands of ownership over corporate claims to Cuban assets.
In her discussion of the Office Depot-Staples merger, Luna examines the issue of corporate claims to Cuban assets. Questions have risen as to whether Cuba has the financial means to pay the billions of dollars in claims to certified claim holders, if and when settlement is discussed. A Creighton study from 2007 describes the alternative means of compensation to companies and individuals for losses attributed to assets seized by Castro. Suggested plans of compensation, for example, would be to give a company exclusive rights to selling their products in major Cuban cities. Former FCSC chairman, and expert on claims settlement, Mauricio Tamargo disagrees with these proposed ideas. Tamargo explains that a complete change in political and economic policy would be required for US claims holders to safely and securely invest in companies without facing the risk of seizure.
To read the complete editorial in the Boston Globe go here. |