{"id":2631,"date":"2016-11-25T22:44:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T22:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2016-11-25T22:44:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T22:44:02","slug":"11-25-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2016\/11\/25\/11-25-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/25\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban leader Fidel Castro\u2019s death is announced on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. He was 90. \u201cCastro&#8217;s brother and the nation&#8217;s President, Raul, announced his death Friday on Cuban TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Arthur Brice, \u201cFidel Castro, Cuba&#8217;s longtime revolutionary leader, dies at 90,\u201d CNN.com, Nov. 26, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban leader Fidel Castro\u2019s death is announced on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. He was 90. \u201cCastro&#8217;s brother and the nation&#8217;s President, Raul, announced his death Friday on Cuban TV.\u201d Arthur Brice, \u201cFidel Castro, Cuba&#8217;s longtime revolutionary leader, dies at 90,\u201d CNN.com, Nov. 26, 2016 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2016\/11\/25\/11-25-2016\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 11\/25\/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-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2629,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2016\/12\/13\/12-13-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":2631,"position":0},"title":"12\/13\/2016","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2481,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/04\/09\/571492003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2631,"position":1},"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":2001,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1959\/12\/11\/5812111959\/","url_meta":{"origin":2631,"position":2},"title":"12\/11\/1959","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 11, 1959","format":false,"excerpt":"\"DEC 11, 1959: J.C. King, head of the CIA's Western Division, writes a memorandum for [CIA Official] Richard Bissell, and CIA Director, Allen Dulles stating that [Fidel] Castro has now established a dictatorship of the far left. The intelligence community estimates an increase in Cuban support for other revolutionary movements\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":2026,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/05\/15\/865151960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2631,"position":3},"title":"5\/15\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 15, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"MAY 1960: CIA operative Howard Hunt spends several days in Cuba on an undercover visit, during which he observes Cuban attitudes toward the revolutionary government and visits areas around revolution-controlled radio stations. 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