It cites the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor that the U.S. used to whip up support for the 1898 war with Spain. (It was later proved the Maine blew up, not from a Spanish mine, but from a fire onboard.) ..…

The land is now the site of some hotels built by Cuban armed forces and run by Spanish hotel chain.. Spanish El Confidencial reported that it was the lawsuit ever filed Spain by Cuban Americans against Spanish companies that benefit from expropriated properties Cuba.. ..…