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“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<\/div>\n

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

“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 […]<\/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":2350,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1996\/07\/11\/4377111996\/","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":2},"title":"7\/11\/1996","author":"AmarkData","date":"July 11, 1996","format":false,"excerpt":"\"On July 11, 1996, the U.S. announced that it would deny visas to seven top executives and directors of Sherritt International Corp., a Canadian mining company accused of \u2018trafficking\u2019 in confiscated U.S. property in Cuba.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cThe Helms-Burton Act: Helms-Burton Probe heats up,\u201d S.K. 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