{"id":2398,"date":"1999-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2398"},"modified":"1999-02-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1999-02-23T00:00:00","slug":"4892231999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1999\/02\/23\/4892231999\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/23\/1999"},"content":{"rendered":"

“February 23 [1999]. 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 of its kind. Even Iraq is able to buy food and medicine from U.S. sources,\u2019 says George Fernandez, Executive Director at AHTC. \u2018As a Cuban American, I speak for the vast majority of us who do not think the U.S. should be in the business of denying basic sustenance to families and children in Cuba.\u2019\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n

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

“February 23 [1999]. 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 of its kind. Even Iraq […]<\/p>\n

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U.S. Congress passes the Cuban Democracy Act, which prohibits foreign-based subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with Cuba, travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, and family remittances to Cuba. The law allows private groups to deliver food and medicine to Cuba. (At this time, 70% of Cuba\u2019s\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":2404,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1999\/11\/09\/4931191999\/","url_meta":{"origin":2398,"position":1},"title":"11\/9\/1999","author":"AmarkData","date":"November 9, 1999","format":false,"excerpt":"\"November 9 [1999]. A resolution is passed in the United Nations General Assembly on the need to end the U.S. embargo against Cuba. The vote is 155 in favor and 2 against (U.S. and Israel). This is the 8th time in as many years that the resolution is passed.\u201d [Con\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":2399,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1999\/02\/18\/4882181999\/","url_meta":{"origin":2398,"position":2},"title":"2\/18\/1999","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 18, 1999","format":false,"excerpt":"\"February 18 [1999]. Six members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus visit Cuba to evaluate the U.S.-imposed embargo. Among the visitors: Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee of California, Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas, Julia Carson \u00a0of Indiana and others.\u201d Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com","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":2442,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/05\/15\/5325152002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2398,"position":3},"title":"5\/15\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 15, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"In May of 2002, the forty-six member, bipartisan House Cuba Working Group (CWG) unveiled a \u2018Review of U.S. Policy Toward Cuba,\u2019 which included a nine-point legislative program to ease the Cuban embargo and take positive steps in advancing U.S. interests regarding Cuba.\u201d [Con Embargo] \u201cA Review of U.S. Policy Toward\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":2412,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2000\/10\/15\/50110152000\/","url_meta":{"origin":2398,"position":4},"title":"10\/15\/2000","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 15, 2000","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The Trade Sanctions Reform Act (TSRA), signed into law by President [William Bill] Clinton in October 2000, allowed the export of food and medicine to Cuba, but prohibited any U.S. financing, both public and private, of such exports. The legislation also codified the ban on travel to Cuba for tourism,\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":2459,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/12\/03\/5491232002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2398,"position":5},"title":"12\/3\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 3, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"\u2018Despite longstanding disagreements between the United States and Cuba, four decades of an embargo have not led to solutions. 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