Anonymity Spain: Island and Official

anonymity spain: The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, according to The Japan Times. Spain, which has large investments in hotels and other tourism-related industries on the island, was the first to react. The decision also deals a severe blow to Havana's efforts to draw foreign investment to the island and comes as President Donald Trump steps up pressure to isolate embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is holding power with help from other countries, including Cuba, China and Russia. ; Speaking a day before the State Department announcement, a senior administration official provided details of the shift on two decades of U.S. policy on the island. A senior government official said that Madrid would ask the European Union to challenge the U.S. move in the World Trade Organization. National security adviser John Bolton is expected to discuss the new policy during a midday speech in Miami, which is home to thousands of exiles and immigrants from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Businesses from Canada, France and Great Britain among other countries also conduct business in properties nationalized after Fidel Castro took power in 1959. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.