{"id":2488,"date":"2003-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2003-10-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-10-20T00:00:00","slug":"57810202003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/10\/20\/57810202003\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/20\/2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;October 20 [2003]. About 3 dozen US travel industry executives spend the day in Cuba to consider \u2018future business potential.\u2019 At the end of the day they return to a resort in Cancun, Mexico, where the first US-Cuba travel conference is held.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;October 20 [2003]. About 3 dozen US travel industry executives spend the day in Cuba to consider \u2018future business potential.\u2019 At the end of the day they return to a resort in Cancun, Mexico, where the first US-Cuba travel conference is held.\u201d [Con Embargo] Jerry A. 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The U.S. Senate votes (59 to 36) in favor of lifting the ban on travel to Cuba. The result is similar to a vote at the House of Representatives last month. This is a major \u2018rebuff\u2019 of President [George W.] Bush's policy towards Cuba. (The travel ban\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":2475,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/03\/24\/5653242003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2488,"position":1},"title":"3\/24\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"On Monday, March 24, 2003, the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published new regulations impacting Cuban travel. OFAC's program brochure on Cuba and industry overviews for the financial community and exporters & importers have been updated accordingly.\u201d \u201cEmbargo Update: Overview of Recent Developments,\u201d Cuba Policy Foundation,\u00a0March\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":2487,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/10\/10\/57710102003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2488,"position":2},"title":"10\/10\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 10, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"October 10 [2003]. U.S. President George W. Bush establishes the Committee for Assistance to a Free Cuba, and further enforces the ban on travel to the island.\u201d [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. 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