{"id":2248,"date":"1975-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1975-02-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2248"},"modified":"1975-02-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1975-02-09T00:00:00","slug":"332291975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1975\/02\/09\/332291975\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/9\/1975"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;February 9 [1975]. In a TV interview from Mexico City, U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy urges the U.S. government to lift the embargo and normalize relations with Cuba. \u2018I believe the idea of isolating Cuba was a mistake,\u2019 says Kennedy. \u2018It has been ineffective. Whatever the reasons and justifications may have been at the time, now they are invalid.\u2019\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;February 9 [1975]. In a TV interview from Mexico City, U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy urges the U.S. government to lift the embargo and normalize relations with Cuba. \u2018I believe the idea of isolating Cuba was a mistake,\u2019 says Kennedy. \u2018It has been ineffective. Whatever the reasons and justifications may have been at the time, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1975\/02\/09\/332291975\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 2\/9\/1975<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2168,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/12\/21\/24212211961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2248,"position":0},"title":"12\/21\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 21, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"21.12.61 The Kennedy Administration, in an effort to reinforced the embargo on Cuba, banned exports by certain U.S. companies or individuals for 90 days. The Department of Commerce required American producers and suppliers traditionally involved in trade with Cuba to ask their clients about the end users of purchased products,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2166,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/09\/04\/239941961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2248,"position":1},"title":"9\/4\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"September 4, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"04.09.61 The U.S. Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961\u2026which in its section 620(a) banned all sorts of assistance to the Cuban government and, as a way to implement such policy, authorized the U.S. President [John F. 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