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“March 20[1998]. U.S. regulations on Cuba are amended as follows: U.S. citizens may send up to $1,200 annually to relatives in Cuba. Direct passenger flights are permitted, although implementation of these amendments is not immediate.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n

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

“March 20[1998]. U.S. regulations on Cuba are amended as follows: U.S. citizens may send up to $1,200 annually to relatives in Cuba. Direct passenger flights are permitted, although implementation of these amendments is not immediate.\u201d [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com […]<\/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":2379,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1998\/05\/13\/4685131998\/","url_meta":{"origin":2376,"position":5},"title":"5\/13\/1998","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 13, 1998","format":false,"excerpt":"\"13.05.98 Regulations for the implementation of the heralded measures are announced in March 20 on direct charter flights of humanitarian aid and passengers, family remittances, medicine sales and traveling of people fully hosted. 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