{"id":2517,"date":"2011-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2011-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T00:00:00","slug":"6089132011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2011\/09\/13\/6089132011\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/13\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Yesterday [September 13, 2011] President [Barack] Obama authorized the continuation of the embargo for another year under the Trading with the Enemy Act, stating that it is in \u2018the nation interest of the United States\u2019 to do so.'” [Pro Embargo]<\/p>\n

Portia Siegelbaum, \u201cCuba: U.S. embargo causes $1 trillion in losses,\u201d CBSNews.com, September 14, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Yesterday [September 13, 2011] President [Barack] Obama authorized the continuation of the embargo for another year under the Trading with the Enemy Act, stating that it is in \u2018the nation interest of the United States\u2019 to do so.’” [Pro Embargo] Portia Siegelbaum, \u201cCuba: U.S. embargo causes $1 trillion in losses,\u201d CBSNews.com, September 14, 2011 […]<\/p>\n

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However, he added, if you take into consideration the extreme devaluation of the dollar against the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2509,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2009\/12\/15\/60112152009\/","url_meta":{"origin":2517,"position":2},"title":"12\/15\/2009","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\"At present the U.S. State Department says the biggest obstacle to improving relations between the two countries is the imprisonment of an American aid worker Alan Gross. 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