{"id":2613,"date":"2017-11-08T22:39:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T22:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2017-11-08T22:39:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T22:39:43","slug":"11-8-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2017\/11\/08\/11-8-2017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/8\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cToday, the Department of the Treasury&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce&#8217;s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are announcing amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), respectively, to implement changes to the Cuba sanctions program announced by the President in June [National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba].\u00a0The State Department is taking complementary steps to implement these policy changes that cumulatively seek to channel economic activities away from the Cuban military, intelligence, and security services, while maintaining opportunities for Americans to engage in authorized travel to Cuba and support the private, small business sector in Cuba.\u00a0The changes will take effect on Thursday, November 9, 2017, when the regulations are published in the Federal Register.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTreasury, Commerce, and State Implement Changes to the Cuba Sanctions Rules: Amendments Implement President Trump&#8217;s June 2017 National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba,\u201d Treasury.gov, Nov. 8, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cToday, the Department of the Treasury&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce&#8217;s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are announcing amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), respectively, to implement changes to the Cuba sanctions program announced by the President in June [National Security [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2017\/11\/08\/11-8-2017-2\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 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announced by the President [Barack Obama] in April 2009 to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba by easing travel\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":2250,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1975\/08\/21\/3358211975\/","url_meta":{"origin":2613,"position":1},"title":"8\/21\/1975","author":"AmarkData","date":"August 21, 1975","format":false,"excerpt":"\"21.08.75 The State Department announced that the Department of the Treasury\u2019s Cuban Assets Control Regulations were amended, providing that specific licenses would be issued to cases fitting certain categories of transactions between companies owned or controlled by American citizens in third countries and Cuba, when required by local laws or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In 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