{"id":2629,"date":"2016-12-13T22:43:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2016-12-13T22:43:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T22:43:34","slug":"12-13-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2016\/12\/13\/12-13-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/13\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Dec. 1-5, 2016: \u201cIn the aftermath of Fidel Castro\u2019s death and the election of Donald Trump, Americans continue to express support for the recent thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations. Yet the U.S. public remains skeptical about whether the island nation will become more democratic in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Alec Tyson, \u201cAmericans still favor ties with Cuba after Castro\u2019s death, U.S. election,\u201d PewResearch.org, FactTank, Dec. 13, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Dec. 1-5, 2016: \u201cIn the aftermath of Fidel Castro\u2019s death and the election of Donald Trump, Americans continue to express support for the recent thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations. Yet the U.S. public remains skeptical about whether the island nation will become more democratic in the coming years.\u201d [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2016\/12\/13\/12-13-2016\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 12\/13\/2016<\/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-2629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2481,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/04\/09\/571492003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2629,"position":0},"title":"4\/9\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 9, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Is such momentum for a change in U.S. policy toward Cuba now lost due to Castro\u2019s crackdown on dissidents?...That is, the apparent strategy by the Cuban government to appeal to members of Congress through politically targeted farm purchases, and efforts to court American public opinion have been trumped by actions\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":2459,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/12\/03\/5491232002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2629,"position":1},"title":"12\/3\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 3, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"\u2018Despite longstanding disagreements between the United States and Cuba, four decades of an embargo have not led to solutions. Expanding communication, not continued isolation, is a productive step toward advancing U.S.-Cuban relations and toward addressing U.S. concerns about political liberties and economic reform in Cuba,\u2019 according to Brian Alexander, Executive\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":2631,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2016\/11\/25\/11-25-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":2629,"position":2},"title":"11\/25\/2016","author":"AmarkData","date":"November 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Cuban leader Fidel Castro\u2019s death is announced on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. He was 90. \u201cCastro's brother and the nation's President, Raul, announced his death Friday on Cuban TV.\u201d Arthur Brice, \u201cFidel Castro, Cuba's longtime revolutionary leader, dies at 90,\u201d CNN.com, Nov. 26, 2016","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2633,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2016\/07\/11\/7-11-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":2629,"position":3},"title":"7\/11\/2016","author":"AmarkData","date":"July 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A Florida International University [FIU] poll conducted between July 11, 2016, and Aug. 12, 2016, of 1,000 Cuban-American residents of Miami-Dade County: \u201cRespondents were asked how well they thought the U.S. embargo of Cuba was working. 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