{"id":2328,"date":"1994-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1994-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2328"},"modified":"1994-08-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1994-08-20T00:00:00","slug":"4248201994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1994\/08\/20\/4248201994\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/20\/1994"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;20.08.94 \u2018Response Measures\u2019 are taken in response to the massive exodus from Cuba to the USA this summer. They are announced within the framework of the Torricelli Act to limit the capacity of the Cuban government to obtain foreign currency and increase the flow of information to the Cuban people from US territory. Such measures were: &#8211; Not to allow remittances to Cuba. &#8211; To grant specific licenses of the Treasury Department to send packages for strictly humanitarian purposes, including, among others, medicines and foodstuff. &#8211; To limit charter flights between Cuba and the USA to the necessary number to ensure legal emigration. &#8211; To take the necessary measures to expand radio and TV transmissions to Cuba.\u201d [Pro Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWilliam J. Clinton (D). Timeline,\u201d\u00a0Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;20.08.94 \u2018Response Measures\u2019 are taken in response to the massive exodus from Cuba to the USA this summer. They are announced within the framework of the Torricelli Act to limit the capacity of the Cuban government to obtain foreign currency and increase the flow of information to the Cuban people from US territory. Such measures [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1994\/08\/20\/4248201994\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 8\/20\/1994<\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2295,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1986\/08\/22\/3838221986\/","url_meta":{"origin":2328,"position":0},"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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An article in the New York Times reported yesterday that President [George W.] Bush was mulling over a series of measures to punish the Cuban government. 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