{"id":2621,"date":"2017-08-09T22:41:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T22:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2017-08-09T22:41:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T22:41:41","slug":"8-9-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2017\/08\/09\/8-9-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/9\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe U.S. State Department says it expelled two Cuban diplomats earlier this year after several Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Havana experienced strange medical symptoms and were either recalled to the U.S. or allowed to come home. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the \u2018incidents\u2019 were first discovered in late 2016, but she declined to provide any details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Scott Neuman, \u201cCuban Diplomats Expelled After U.S. Embassy Staff &#8216;Incidents&#8217; In Havana,\u201d NPR.org, Aug. 9, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe U.S. State Department says it expelled two Cuban diplomats earlier this year after several Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Havana experienced strange medical symptoms and were either recalled to the U.S. or allowed to come home. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the \u2018incidents\u2019 were first discovered in late 2016, but she declined [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2017\/08\/09\/8-9-2017\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 8\/9\/2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2461,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/03\/01\/551312003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2621,"position":0},"title":"3\/1\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 1, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The State Department is restricting the freedom of travel of Cuban diplomats in the United States, responding to curbs imposed by Havana on U.S. officials in Cuba\u2026Last Monday [aprox. March 1, 2003], the U.S. officials said, Cuba informed the State Department that mere notification of travel was not enough, that\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":2619,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2017\/09\/21\/9-21-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":2621,"position":1},"title":"9\/21\/2017","author":"AmarkData","date":"September 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cCuban officials have taken to social media all week to denounce President Donald Trump\u2019s speech to the U.N. 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