{"id":2342,"date":"1995-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1995-10-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2342"},"modified":"1995-10-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1995-10-06T00:00:00","slug":"4321061995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1995\/10\/06\/4321061995\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/6\/1995"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;06.10.95 New measures are announced within the spirit of the Torricelli Act to encourage the flow of ideas and the peaceful transition towards a \u2018free and open society\u2019 in Cuba (open implementation of Track II). Most noticeable are the opening of press offices in both countries, licenses with the purpose of research and journalism, funding of NGOs [Non-Governmental Organizations] as well as material supply to back up these organizations. These regulations also include new aspects targeting new mechanism of in situ monitoring (underscored in the Torricelli Act) of the sales of medicines and medical supplies.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWilliam J. Clinton (D). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;06.10.95 New measures are announced within the spirit of the Torricelli Act to encourage the flow of ideas and the peaceful transition towards a \u2018free and open society\u2019 in Cuba (open implementation of Track II). Most noticeable are the opening of press offices in both countries, licenses with the purpose of research and journalism, funding [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1995\/10\/06\/4321061995\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 10\/6\/1995<\/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-2342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2328,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1994\/08\/20\/4248201994\/","url_meta":{"origin":2342,"position":0},"title":"8\/20\/1994","author":"AmarkData","date":"August 20, 1994","format":false,"excerpt":"\"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\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":2317,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1992\/10\/23\/40810231992\/","url_meta":{"origin":2342,"position":1},"title":"10\/23\/1992","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 23, 1992","format":false,"excerpt":"\"23.10.92 President [George H. W. Bush] signed the Torricelli Bill into law, under pressure from the support then-candidate Bill Clinton gave this bill during his campaign trips to Florida.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cGeorge H. W. Bush (R). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007","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":2314,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1992\/02\/05\/404251992\/","url_meta":{"origin":2342,"position":2},"title":"2\/5\/1992","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 5, 1992","format":false,"excerpt":"\"February 5 [1992]. U.S. Congressman Robert Torricelli introduced the Cuban Democracy Act, and says the bill is designed to \u2018wreak havoc on the island.\u2019\u201d [Con Embargo] Jerry A. 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In October 1995, President [William Bill] Clinton announced measures to allow nongovernmental organizations in the U.S. to fund projects in Cuba, and to allow U.S. AID funding to NGOs [Non-Governmental Organizations]\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":2358,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1997\/02\/12\/4472121997\/","url_meta":{"origin":2342,"position":4},"title":"2\/12\/1997","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 12, 1997","format":false,"excerpt":"\"February 12 [1997]. The Clinton Administration approves licenses for U.S. news organizations to open bureaus in Cuba. (The Cuban government allows only CNN into the island.)\u201d [Con Embargo] Jerry A. 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