{"id":2480,"date":"2003-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2003-04-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-04-08T00:00:00","slug":"570482003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/04\/08\/570482003\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/8\/2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Responding to the severest crack-down by the Castro government on human rights activists in recent memory, on Tuesday, April 8, 2003, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by an extraordinary 414-0, a resolution \u2018regarding the systematic human rights violations in Cuba committed by the Castro regime; calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners and supporting free elections for Cuba.\u2019 \u00a0The measure (H. Res. 108-179) was introduced by Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL21), one of the most strident defenders of the U.S. embargo. \u00a0In a telling signal of Congressional outrage over the dissident crack-down, all but one Representative of the 50 member House Cuba Working Group, a coalition formed with the intention of easing the embargo, supported the Diaz-Balart resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEmbargo Update: Congress Reacts to Castro\u2019s Crackdown: The charm offensive is over, but what course to expect in U.S. policy?\u201d Cuba Policy Foundation,\u00a0April 9, 2003<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Responding to the severest crack-down by the Castro government on human rights activists in recent memory, on Tuesday, April 8, 2003, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by an extraordinary 414-0, a resolution \u2018regarding the systematic human rights violations in Cuba committed by the Castro regime; calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/04\/08\/570482003\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 4\/8\/2003<\/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-2480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2481,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/04\/09\/571492003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2480,"position":0},"title":"4\/9\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 9, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Is such momentum for a change in U.S. policy toward Cuba now lost due to Castro\u2019s crackdown on dissidents?...That is, the apparent strategy by the Cuban government to appeal to members of Congress through politically targeted farm purchases, and efforts to court American public opinion have been trumped by actions\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":2476,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/03\/26\/5663262003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2480,"position":1},"title":"3\/26\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 26, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"U.S Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ), a leading actor in the House Cuba Working Group, a bipartisan fifty-member coalition that supports easing U.S. sanctions against Cuba, introduced a resolution before the Congress on March 26, 2003, calling for the Cuban government to release all detainees and to respect internationally recognized human\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":2439,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/04\/15\/5294152002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2480,"position":2},"title":"4\/15\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 15, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"With the formation of the Senate Working Group on Cuba, both chambers of the U.S. Congress now have Cuba working groups committed to a new approach on U.S. policy toward Cuba. 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