{"id":2501,"date":"2006-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2006-07-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-11T00:00:00","slug":"5917112006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2006\/07\/11\/5917112006\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/11\/2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[July 11 -2006]. US President G[eorge] W. Bush approves $80 million to be used for \u2018boosting democracy in Cuba.\u2019 The fund is the result of proposals from a commission (members of which include [Secretary of State] Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez) exploring \u2018US policy towards Cuba after the eventual death of Fidel Castro.\u2019 The Cuban government refers to this as an \u2018act of aggression,\u2019 and Cuban dissident-journalist Oscar Espinosa Chepe considers the fund \u2018\u2026counterproductive. I believe Cubans have to be the ones who love our problems and any interference serves to complicate the situation,\u2019 he says.\u201d [Pro Embargo] [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>Jerry A. Sierra, \u201cEconomic Embargo Timeline,\u201d HistoryofCuba.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[July 11 -2006]. US President G[eorge] W. Bush approves $80 million to be used for \u2018boosting democracy in Cuba.\u2019 The fund is the result of proposals from a commission (members of which include [Secretary of State] Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez) exploring \u2018US policy towards Cuba after the eventual death of Fidel Castro.\u2019 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2006\/07\/11\/5917112006\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 7\/11\/2006<\/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-2501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2420,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2001\/01\/31\/5091312001\/","url_meta":{"origin":2501,"position":0},"title":"1\/31\/2001","author":"AmarkData","date":"January 31, 2001","format":false,"excerpt":"\"31\/01\/2001 We are going to maintain our sanctions on Cuba, [Secretary of State] Colin Powell said to his Mexican counterpart, [Secretary of Foreign Affairs] Jorge G. Casta\u00f1eda.\u201d [Con Embargo] \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":2254,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1976\/04\/05\/339451976\/","url_meta":{"origin":2501,"position":1},"title":"4\/5\/1976","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 5, 1976","format":false,"excerpt":"\"April 5 [1976]. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger states that there is no possibility of U.S relations with Cuba while Cuban troops are in Africa.\u201d [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. 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