{"id":2523,"date":"2011-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2011-12-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T00:00:00","slug":"6141212011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2011\/12\/01\/6141212011\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/1\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Conference calling for Cuba\u2019s removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Thursday December 1 [2011]\u2026 in Washington, D.C: One of the most cynical aspects of the U.S. policy toward Cuba is to keep it on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism, for there is no evidence that would place it there. One need only read this year\u2019s State Department report on the subject (a copy of which is available to conference attendees) to draw that conclusion. The report in fact begins by saying that &#8216;the Government of Cuba maintained a public stance against terrorism and terrorist financing in 2010.&#8217; And it provides no evidence that the government violated that stance. Not only does the United States lack evidence to keep Cuba on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism, but maintaining Cuba\u2019s position on the list is counterproductive to U.S. goals and interests\u2026-The Latin America Working Group and the Center for International Policy.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cConference to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terrorism list,\u201d Havana Journal, November 21, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Conference calling for Cuba\u2019s removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Thursday December 1 [2011]\u2026 in Washington, D.C: One of the most cynical aspects of the U.S. policy toward Cuba is to keep it on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism, for there is no evidence that would place it there. One [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2011\/12\/01\/6141212011\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 12\/1\/2011<\/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-2523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2643,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2015\/05\/29\/5-29-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":2523,"position":0},"title":"5\/29\/2015","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe [President Barack] Obama administration on Friday removed Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, a crucial step in President Obama\u2019s push to normalize ties between Washington and Havana.\u201d\u00a0[Con Embargo] Julie Hirschfeld Davis, \u201cU.S. Removes Cuba From State-Sponsored Terrorism List,\u201d NYTimes.com, May 29, 2015","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2638,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2015\/07\/22\/7-22-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":2523,"position":1},"title":"7\/22\/2015","author":"AmarkData","date":"July 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In the July 22, 2015, Federal Register, under Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security Summary of the Final rule \u201cCuba: Implementing Rescission of State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation\u201d: \u201cThis rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the rescission of Cuba\u2019s designation as a State Sponsor of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2515,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2011\/01\/15\/6061152011\/","url_meta":{"origin":2523,"position":2},"title":"1\/15\/2011","author":"AmarkData","date":"January 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\"He [Vice Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cuba Abelardo Moreno] also noted the embargo interfered with Cuba\u2019s cooperation with international agencies giving the example of how in January 2011, the U.S. Government seized over $4.2 million of funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria because\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":2523,"position":3},"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":2276,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1980\/04\/15\/3634151980\/","url_meta":{"origin":2523,"position":4},"title":"4\/15\/1980","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 15, 1980","format":false,"excerpt":"\"In the 1980s the focus of friction in U.S.-Cuban relations shifted to include immigration, as well as Cuba\u2019s international engagements, when a migration crisis unfolded. 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