{"id":2435,"date":"2002-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2435"},"modified":"2002-01-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-01-28T00:00:00","slug":"5251282002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/01\/28\/5251282002\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/28\/2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Washington, Jan 28 [2002]&#8230;The US Agriculture Sector loses up to 1.240 million usd (United States dollars) a year on exports as a result of the embargo this country imposes against Cuba, according to a report published today by the Cuba Policy Foundation. The report, written by two experts on agronomy, pointed out that 20 states are featured among the most affected by the economic sanctions against the Caribbean island. Among these ten most affected states are Arkansas, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Texas, \u00a0Illinois, \u00a0Mississippi, Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri. \u2018Should the embargo be lifted, the average US farmer would feel the difference in his life in two or three years\u2019 said Parr Rosson, a Professor of Economy of Agriculture of the University of Texas A&amp; M and co-author of the study.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGeorge W. Bush (R). Timeline,\u201d\u00a0Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Washington, Jan 28 [2002]&#8230;The US Agriculture Sector loses up to 1.240 million usd (United States dollars) a year on exports as a result of the embargo this country imposes against Cuba, according to a report published today by the Cuba Policy Foundation. The report, written by two experts on agronomy, pointed out that 20 states [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/01\/28\/5251282002\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 1\/28\/2002<\/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-2435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2458,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/11\/15\/54811152002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2435,"position":0},"title":"11\/15\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"November 15, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Congressional aides from fourteen offices of the House Cuba Working Group were in Havana, Cuba in November [2002] on a trip to broaden communication between the United States and Cuba and to expand Congressional knowledge of contemporary Cuba. The trip, sponsored by the Cuba Policy Foundation, included seven Republican and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","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":2435,"position":1},"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. Expanding communication, not continued isolation, is a productive step toward advancing U.S.-Cuban relations and toward addressing U.S. concerns about political liberties and economic reform in Cuba,\u2019 according to Brian Alexander, Executive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2249,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1975\/07\/28\/3337281975\/","url_meta":{"origin":2435,"position":2},"title":"7\/28\/1975","author":"AmarkData","date":"July 28, 1975","format":false,"excerpt":"\"July 28 [1975]. The Organization of American States (OAS) votes to end political and economic sanctions against Cuba. This opens the way for each member nation to decide whether to have diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba, which many had already established.\u201d [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2508,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2009\/10\/29\/59910292009\/","url_meta":{"origin":2435,"position":3},"title":"10\/29\/2009","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\"29 October 2009-The General Assembly has voted for the 18th consecutive year to condemn the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba for the past half century and called for it to be lifted. Member States voted overwhelmingly yesterday to adopt a non-binding resolution that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2447,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/06\/25\/5376252002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2435,"position":4},"title":"6\/25\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"June 25, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Travel to Cuba by Americans would bring gains to the U.S. economy, according to a new study commissioned by the Cuba Policy Foundation, to be released\u2026In travel-related gains alone, a total lifting of the embargo would produce $545.6 million and 3,797 American jobs after one year; the fifth year out,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2457,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/11\/13\/54711132002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2435,"position":5},"title":"11\/13\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"November 13, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"November 13 [2002]. For the 11th straight year, the UN [United Nations] General Assembly overwhelmingly approves a resolution asking the US to end the 40-plus-years embargo against Cuba. The vote is 173 in favor of the resolution and 3 against (US, Israel, Marshall Islands), with no abstentions. 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