{"id":2359,"date":"1997-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1997-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2359"},"modified":"1997-04-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1997-04-08T00:00:00","slug":"448481997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1997\/04\/08\/448481997\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/8\/1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;08.04.97 Pursuant to the blockade regulations, US authorities confiscated an aircraft that had carried donations of medicines to Cuba without official authorization.\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;08.04.97 Pursuant to the blockade regulations, US authorities confiscated an aircraft that had carried donations of medicines to Cuba without official authorization.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cWilliam J. Clinton (D). 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