{"id":2311,"date":"1991-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1991-02-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2311"},"modified":"1991-02-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1991-02-20T00:00:00","slug":"4002201991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1991\/02\/20\/4002201991\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/20\/1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;20.02.91 The United States Senate passed the Mack Amendment as part of the Exports Administration Act. The purpose of this amendment is similar to that of previous occasions.\u201d [Pro Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGeorge H. W. Bush (R). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;20.02.91 The United States Senate passed the Mack Amendment as part of the Exports Administration Act. The purpose of this amendment is similar to that of previous occasions.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cGeorge H. W. Bush (R). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1991\/02\/20\/4002201991\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 2\/20\/1991<\/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-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1965,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1898\/04\/19\/254191898\/","url_meta":{"origin":2311,"position":0},"title":"4\/19\/1898","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 19, 1898","format":false,"excerpt":"\"At the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the United States found itself in control of several overseas territories, including Cuba\u2026In April of 1898, Senator Henry M. 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