{"id":2316,"date":"1992-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1992-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2316"},"modified":"1992-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1992-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"40610151992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1992\/10\/15\/40610151992\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/15\/1992"},"content":{"rendered":"

“October 15 [1992]. U.S. Congress passes the Cuban Democracy Act, which prohibits foreign-based subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with Cuba, travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, and family remittances to Cuba. The law allows private groups to deliver food and medicine to Cuba. (At this time, 70% of Cuba\u2019s trade with U.S subsidiary companies was in food and medicine. Many claim the Cuban Democracy Act is in violation of international law and United Nations resolutions that food and medicine cannot be used as weapons in international conflicts.\u201d [Pro Embargo]<\/p>\n

Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“October 15 [1992]. U.S. Congress passes the Cuban Democracy Act, which prohibits foreign-based subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with Cuba, travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, and family remittances to Cuba. The law allows private groups to deliver food and medicine to Cuba. (At this time, 70% of Cuba\u2019s trade with U.S subsidiary companies […]<\/p>\n

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The coalition of Americans for Humanitarian Trade With Cuba [AHTC] join the United States Association of Former Members of Congress to call on the Clinton administration to end the embargo on food and medicines to Cuba. \u2018The U.S. embargo on Cuba is the single most restrictive policy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2412,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2000\/10\/15\/50110152000\/","url_meta":{"origin":2316,"position":1},"title":"10\/15\/2000","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 15, 2000","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The Trade Sanctions Reform Act (TSRA), signed into law by President [William Bill] Clinton in October 2000, allowed the export of food and medicine to Cuba, but prohibited any U.S. financing, both public and private, of such exports. 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The unlawful and unwarranted attack on two unarmed U.S. civilian aircrafts resulted in the deaths of Armando Alejandre Jr., Carlos Alberto Costa,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2506,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2009\/09\/03\/597932009\/","url_meta":{"origin":2316,"position":4},"title":"9\/3\/2009","author":"AmarkData","date":"September 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The U.S. Government issued the Cuban Assets Control Regulations\u2026under the Trading With the Enemy Act\u2026On September 3, 2009, OFAC [Office for Foreign Assets Control] \u00a0amended the Regulations to implement measures announced by the President [Barack Obama] in April 2009 to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba by easing travel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2295,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1986\/08\/22\/3838221986\/","url_meta":{"origin":2316,"position":5},"title":"8\/22\/1986","author":"AmarkData","date":"August 22, 1986","format":false,"excerpt":"\"22.08.86 Charles Redman, State Department official, said in a statement that the President [Ronald W. 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