{"id":2,"date":"2021-08-14T16:48:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T16:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cubanembargo.amarked.org\/cmx\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:08:21","slug":"cuban-embargo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The goal of this website is to make it a bit easier to understand a bit of Cuban history and to add sunlight to the U.S. embargo of Cuba and related events and actions. (Last updated 2017. This site has been archived.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This searchable database, in timeline format, begins on April 15, 1865 when Andrew Johnson became the 17th U.S. president (we have added when the Presidents have taken office for historical perspective). It then includes the first large scale war for Cuban independence (October 10, 1868), the Castro regime\u2019s January, 1959 takeover of Cuba, the 1960 U.S. embargo, the April 15, 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, the October, 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and other events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The database includes over 600 sourced quotes from government officials, journalists, authors, and others, and contains links to related documents and videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#efebe9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<form role=\"search\" class=\"search-form wp-block-search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/\" >\n\t<label class=\"screen-reader-text\" for=\"s-2\">Search for:<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"input-group\">\n\t\t<input type=\"search\" class=\"field search-field form-control\" id=\"s-2\" name=\"s\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Search &hellip;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" class=\"submit search-submit btn\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Search\">\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"row d-flex flex-row flex-fill\">\n<span class=\"search-filtered form-group searchbarselects\">Sort By: \n\t<input class=\"search-radio form-control-m\" type=\"radio\" name=\"order\" value=\"ASC\">&nbsp;Earliest Date \n\t<input class=\"search-radio form-control-m\" type=\"radio\" name=\"order\" value=\"DESC\"  checked=\"checked\" >&nbsp;Most Recent Date \n\t<input class=\"search-radio form-control-m\" type=\"radio\" name=\"order\" value=\"none\" >&nbsp;Relevance \n\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/form>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<select id=\"sugmenu\" name=\"sugmenu\">\n<option>Search Suggestions<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;submit=Search&amp;s=Fidel\">Fidel &amp; Fidel Castro<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Bay of Pigs&quot;\">Bay of Pigs<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Pro Embargo&quot;\">Pro or for strengthening embargo<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Con Embargo&quot;\">Con or for weakening embargo<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=Eisenhower\">Eisenhower &amp; Dwight Eisenhower<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=Marti\">Jose Marti &amp; Marti<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Bill Clinton&quot;\">Bill Clinton<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Andrew Johnson&quot;\">Andrew Johnson<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Rutherford Hayes&quot;\">Rutherford Hayes<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;James Garfield&quot;\">James Garfield<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Chester Arthur&quot;\">Chester Arthur<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Grover Cleveland&quot;\">Grover Cleveland<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=&quot;Benjamin Harrison&quot;\">Benjamin Harrison<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=communists\">Socialists &amp; communists<\/option>\n<option value=\"?submit=Search&amp;s=Invasion\">Invasion<\/option>\n<\/select>\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n var urlmenu = document.getElementById( 'sugmenu' );\n urlmenu.onchange = function() {\n      window.open ( (this.options[ this.selectedIndex ].value),'_self' );\n };\n<\/script>\n<div id=\"viewall\"><a href=\"\/?s=&amp;submit=Search&amp;orderby=date&amp;order=DESC&amp;post_type=post\" class=\"btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm\">All Quotes<\/a> <a href=\"\/?s=&amp;submit=Search&amp;orderby=date&amp;order=ASC&amp;post_type=post\" class=\"btn btn-outline-secondary btn-sm\">Chronological Order<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 To see those pro (or for strengthening) the embargo or con (or for weakening) the embargo, use search terms <strong>pro embargo<\/strong> or <strong>con embargo<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 To search for a <strong>specific date<\/strong> for example, format as M\/D\/YYYY (for example, 1\/12\/2017)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of this website is to make it a bit easier to understand a bit of Cuban history and to add sunlight to the U.S. embargo of Cuba and related events and actions. 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This searchable database, in timeline format, begins on April 15, 1865 when Andrew [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Cuban Embargo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/sample-page-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":0},"title":"This searchable database, in timeline\u2026","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This searchable database, in timeline format, begins on April 15, 1865 when Andrew Johnson became the 17th U.S. president (we have added when the Presidents have taken office for historical perspective). 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It contains about 109,820 sq km of land (making it the 106th largest country in the world) and\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2566,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/terms-of-use\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":2},"title":"Terms of Use","author":"AmarkData","date":"August 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Below please find our \"Terms of Use\" for all reprinted and otherwise used CubanEmbargo.org content. We have broken down our policy into two sections, Reprinting Policy under \"Fair Use,\" and Reprinting Policy for Commercial or non\"Fair Use\" Requests. Definition: We define our content as including but not limited to issues,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2564,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/sources\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":3},"title":"Sources","author":"AmarkData","date":"August 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Our quotes on the embargo, the history of Cuba and related issues come from a variety of places. The majority of our quotes come from online sources that include, but that are not limited to government affiliated web sites, some specifically dedicated to the embargo, and others focused on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2562,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/methodology\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":4},"title":"Methodology","author":"AmarkData","date":"August 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"SOURCE\/QUOTE LISTING POLICY: GENERAL RULES: Although there could be exceptions, our sources include: Published books News agencies (i.e. Reuters\u00a0or the Associated Press) Government websites (i.e. Department of State, U.S. Embassy) Relevant blogs Websites from foreign countries Senior government officials of our and other countries World bodies Interested and knowledgeable persons\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3021,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/3021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}