{"id":2436,"date":"2002-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2002-02-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-02-04T00:00:00","slug":"526242002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/02\/04\/526242002\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/4\/2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;4\/02\/2002 Asked about the increase of US visitors to Cuba, despite restrictions from Washington, the Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe P\u00e9rez Roque said to PL that this tendency \u2018is like a snowball wildly rolling over, threatening to crush those who still advocate for the blockade, although they are a powerful minority\u2019. He pointed out that in January 2002 almost two thousand US citizens visited Cuba as part of different delegations, besides those who came on their own account, whereas last year they were 80 thousand visitors, most of them travelling over the restrictive laws that violate the constitutional right of free travelling. The Cuban Foreign Minister considered that the US congress overwhelmingly supports the change of policy towards Cuba, the removal of the blockade, the approval of travels and medicine and foodstuff sales and the cooperation in areas such as drug trafficking, terrorism and migration\u2026\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGeorge W. Bush (R). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;4\/02\/2002 Asked about the increase of US visitors to Cuba, despite restrictions from Washington, the Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe P\u00e9rez Roque said to PL that this tendency \u2018is like a snowball wildly rolling over, threatening to crush those who still advocate for the blockade, although they are a powerful minority\u2019. He pointed out that in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/02\/04\/526242002\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 2\/4\/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-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2445,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/05\/17\/5355172002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2436,"position":0},"title":"5\/17\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 17, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"17\/05\/2002 The US government denied visas to outstanding Cuban scientists who were to take part in a meeting against cancer.\u201d \u201cGeorge W. Bush (R). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007","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":2446,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/05\/21\/5365212002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2436,"position":1},"title":"5\/21\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 21, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"New York, May 21 [2002] - The New York Times regretted today the \u2018unfortunate, although shaded reaffirmation of President [George W.] Bush\u2019s support to the unproductive economic sanctions and the prohibition to travel to Cuba, in force for over four decades.\u2019 [Con Embargo] \u201cGeorge W. Bush (R). 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Addressing the International Relation Committee of the House, Powell said that this morning, Bush spoke of the\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":2260,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1977\/05\/12\/3475121977\/","url_meta":{"origin":2436,"position":4},"title":"5\/12\/1977","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 12, 1977","format":false,"excerpt":"\"12.05.77 The Regulations for the Cuban Assets Control of the Treasury Department were reviewed resulting in the issuance of a general license to allow other people such as travel agencies to assist U.S. travellers in their arrangements for their travels to Cuba; to allow to charter planes and vessels to\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":2289,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1985\/02\/12\/3772121985\/","url_meta":{"origin":2436,"position":5},"title":"2\/12\/1985","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 12, 1985","format":false,"excerpt":"\"12.02.85 The Office for Foreign Assets Control Regulations and the Cuban Assets Control Regulations were amended to authorize any person to import only one copy of any publication from Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea or Campuchea.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cRonald W. 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