{"id":2391,"date":"1998-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2391"},"modified":"1998-10-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1998-10-16T00:00:00","slug":"48010161998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1998\/10\/16\/48010161998\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/16\/1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;October 16 [1998]. The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution against the U.S. embargo on Cuba for the 7th consecutive year. The vote is 157 to end the embargo and 2 (U.S. &amp; Israel) to keep it.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;October 16 [1998]. The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution against the U.S. embargo on Cuba for the 7th consecutive year. The vote is 157 to end the embargo and 2 (U.S. &amp; Israel) to keep it.\u201d [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1998\/10\/16\/48010161998\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 10\/16\/1998<\/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-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2376,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1998\/03\/20\/4663201998\/","url_meta":{"origin":2391,"position":0},"title":"3\/20\/1998","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 20, 1998","format":false,"excerpt":"\"March 20[1998]. 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